Scleroderma is a rare disease which requires multidisciplinary treatment. Drug-based therapy can partially alleviate or end the progression of the disease, but cannot reverse the lesions that have occurred. Scleroderma patients who seek care in plastic surgery has gradually increased in recent years. With the understanding of the regenerative role of fat and adipose stem cells, physicians have found that surgical treatment of scleroderma can improve morphology while reversing the state of the diseased tissue, acting as a local treatment or slowing progression. This paper briefly described the etiology and classification of scleroderma, analyzed the current status of scleroderma treatment and focused on the surgical treatment strategy of scleroderma, providing guidelines for the surgical management of scleroderma.

Scleroderma is a rare disease which requires multidisciplinary treatment. Drug-based therapy can partially alleviate or end the progression of the disease, but cannot reverse the lesions that have occurred. Scleroderma patients who seek care in plastic surgery has gradually increased in recent years. With the understanding of the regenerative role of fat and adipose stem cells, physicians have found that surgical treatment of scleroderma can improve morphology while reversing the state of the diseased tissue, acting as a local treatment or slowing progression. This paper briefly described the etiology and classification of scleroderma, analyzed the current status of scleroderma treatment and focused on the surgical treatment strategy of scleroderma, providing guidelines for the surgical management of scleroderma.

Purpose: Loss-of-function mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene are common in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). However, the characteristic of APC specific mutations in mCRC is poorly understood. Here, we explored the clinical and molecular characteristics of N-terminal and C-terminal side APC mutations in Chinese patients with mCRC. Materials and Methods: Hybrid capture-based next-generation sequencing was performed on tumor tissues from 275 mCRC pati-ents to detect mutations in 639 tumor-associated genes. The prognostic value and gene-pathway difference between APC specific mutations in mCRC patients were analyzed. Results: APC mutations were highly clustered, accounting for 73% of all mCRC patients, and most of them were truncating mutations. The tumor mutation burden of the N-terminal side APC mutations group (n=76) was significantly lower than that of the C-terminal side group (n=123) (p < 0.001), further confirmed by the public database. Survival analysis showed that mCRC patients with N-terminus side APC mutations had longer overall survival than C-terminus side. Tumor gene pathway analysis showed that gene mutations in the RTK/RAS, Wnt and transforming growth factor β signaling pathways of the C-terminal group were significantly higher than those of the N-terminal group (p < 0.05). Additionally, KRAS, AMER1, TGFBR2, and ARID1A driver mutations were more common in patients with C-terminal side APC mutations. Conclusion APC specific mutations have potential function as mCRC prognostic biomarkers. There are obvious differences in the gene mutation patterns between the C-terminus and N-terminus APC mutations group, which may have certain guiding significance for the subsequent precise treatment of mCRC.

Objective:To evaluate the effect of two-way referral service in referral and treatment of patients with coronary disease.Methods:A non-randomized controlled study was used, 80 patients with coronary disease who were referred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University through the fast referral channel, also called green referral channel (GRC) of telemedicine service mode from January 2021 to January 2022 were selected as the GRC referral group. A propensity score was used to match 110 patients from the same period with coronary disease who were referred to this hospital through conventional medical channels and had similar basic conditions such as age, gender, region and medical insurance type as the conventional referral group. The differences in disease severity, referral time, hospitalization cost and other indicators were compared using t-test, χ2 test and nonparametric test between the two groups, and the satisfaction of the GRC referral group was investigated. Results:The proportion of patients with heart function grade Ⅲ (NYHA grading), heart failure, atrial fibrillation and interventional therapy in the GRC referral group was significantly higher than conventional referral group (all P<0.05). The total referral time and bed waiting time of patients in the GRC referral group were significantly shorter than conventional referral group [14.16 (9.62, 25.61) vs 34.39 (28.51, 49.68) h, 2.13 (0.83, 6.64) vs 24.58 (20.27, 27.68) h] ( Z=8.465, 9.172, all P<0.001). The hospitalization cost, surgical treatment cost and material cost in GRC referral group were significantly higher than conventional referral group [24 755 (11 559, 56 521) vs 14 700 (9 375, 29 534) CNY, 6 013 (2 096, 8 256) vs 2 562 (2 044, 6 154) CNY, 12 093 (1 267, 35 689) vs 1 329 (826, 16 125) CNY] ( Z=2.814, 2.917, 3.353, all P<0.05), and the diagnosis cost was significantly lower than conventional referral group [4 878 (3 628, 6 847) vs 5 719 (4 228, 7 639) CNY] ( Z=2.323, P<0.05). In the GRC referral group, the satisfaction rates with referral process, visit time and patient experience were all above 90%. Conclusion:Two-way referral service based on telemedicine has a good application effect in the referral and treatment of patients with coronary disease.

Objective:To explore the prognostic risk factors of thymoma patients after resection, and establish a novel nomogram to predict progression free survival(PFS) of patients with thymoma.Methods:A retrospectively analysis was performed on clinicopathological datas of 267 cases of thymoma patients underwent thymoma resection in Beijing Tongren Hospital from January 2010 to December 2019. The univariate and multivariate Cox risk ratio models were used to analyze the related factors that might affect PFS, and the prediction nomogram of PFS after thymoma resection was established using the screened independent risk factors. Then the predictive ability of the model was evaluated. Results:The univariate analysis showed that age, type of surgery, completeness of resection, WHO histologic classification, TNM stage and postoperative adjuvant therapy were significantly correlated with PFS after thymoma resection( P<0.05). The multivariate analysis showed that only age and TNM stage were independent prognostic factors affecting PFS after thymoma resection( P<0.05). The concordance index( C- index) of the prediction model for the prognosis of thymoma patients established by this method was 0.866(95% CI: 0.809-0.923), which had remarkable predictive efficiency. Conclusion:The nomogram model is constructed and verified based on age and TNM stage, excluding the interference of other clinicopathological factors on prognosis assessment, and which is convenient for clinicians to quickly and individually evaluate the prognosis of patients after thymoma resection.

Objective: The current investigation aimed to determine the appropriate dosage form by comparing solid dispersion and liposome to achieve the purpose of improving the solubility and bioavailability of linarin. Methods: Linarin solid dispersion (LSD) and linarin liposome (LL) were developed via the solvent method and the thin film hydration method respectively. The Transwell chamber model of Caco-2 cells was established to evaluate the absorption of drug. The pharmacokinetics of linarin, LSD and LL in rats after ig administration were carried out by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. Results: The solubility of LSD and LL was severally 3.29 times and 3.09 times than that of linarin. The permeation coefficients of LSD and LL were greater than 10

Objective:Enriching and isolating breast cancer stem cells from breast cancer transplantation tumors in nude mice.Methods:Human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells were injected into the right axilla subcutaneous of 20 nude mice, and the tumor growth was observed .After 30 days, tumors were isolated and stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and then tumor cells from tissues were isolated. DMEM medium containing serum was used to cultivate isolated transplantation tumor cells, cell morphology and growth were also observed. Flow cytometry was used to detect the proportion of stem cells (CD44 +/CD24 -/low cells) in transplantation tumor cells. Serum-free DMEM medium containing epidermal growth factor (EGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and B27 cell supplement were used to cultivate transplantation tumor cells and to obtain cell microspheres. The proportion of stem cells on the 10th day in cell microspheres was detected by using flow cell sorter and stem cells were isolated according to the markers of cell surface. Results:After subcutaneously injecting MDA-MB-231 cells into 20 nude mice for 9 days, 17 nude mice had subcutaneous tumors with more parenchymal cells, little interstitial cells, arranged cords tumor cells, large volume of the cell and abundant cytoplasm, the nuclei in different sizes and hyperchromatic state, mitotic more common, the nucleoli clear and obvious pleomorphy. After cultivating transplantation tumor cells with DMEM medium containing serum, the cells began to grow adherent after 24 h, and the adherent proportion rose to 60% after 3 days; after 7 days, the cell proliferation was accelerated; and the cell morphology was more consistent, most of which were spindle shaped and were not significantly different from MDA-MB-231 cells; the proportion of stem cells in transplantation tumor cells was (0.10±0.02)%. After cultivating transplantation tumor cells with serum-free DMEM medium containing cell cultured supplement, the cells grow in spherical patterns, the proportion of stem cells in cell microspheres got up to (70.47±2.03)% on the 10th day.Conclusions:Subcutaneously injecting MDA-MB-231 cells in nude mice can build breast cancer nude mice ectopic transplantation tumor model. Breast cancer stem cells in the transplantation tumors can be enriched from isolated transplantation tumor cells through serum-free medium, and more stem cells can be isolated to provide the research basis for the biological characteristics of breast cancer stem cells.

Background::Post-operative acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common and serious complications after major surgery and is significantly associated with increased risks of morbidity and mortality. This meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of perioperative dexmedetomidine (Dex) administration on the occurrence of AKI and the outcomes of recovery after non-cardiac surgery.Methods::The PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched for studies comparing the effects of Dex vs. placebo on kidney function after non-cardiac surgery, and a pooled fixed-effect meta-analysis of the included studies was performed. The primary outcome was the occurence of post-operative AKI. The secondary outcomes included the occurence of intra-operative hypotension and bradycardia, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, duration of ICU stay, and hospital length of stay (LOS). Results::Six studies, including four randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and two observational studies, with a total of 2586 patients were selected. Compared with placebo, Dex administration could not reduce the odds of post-operative AKI (odds ratio [OR], 0.44; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.18-1.06; P= 0.07; I2= 0.00%, P= 0.72) in RCTs, but it showed a significant renoprotective effect (OR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.48-0.95; P = 0.02; I2 = 0.00%, P = 0.36) in observational studies. Besides, Dex administration significantly increased the odds of intra-operative bradycardia and shortened the duration of ICU stay. However, there was no significant difference in the odds of intra-operative hypotension, ICU admission, and hospital LOS. Conclusions::This meta-analysis suggests that perioperative Dex administration does not reduce the risk of AKI after non-cardiac surgery. However, the quality of evidence for this result is low due to imprecision and inconsistent types of non-cardiac operations. Thus, large and high-quality RCTs are needed to verify the real effects of perioperative Dex administration on the occurrence of AKI and the outcomes of recovery after non-cardiac surgery.

OBJECTIVE: This paper puts forward suggestions on the development of in vitro diagnostic reagents and supervision measures for the post-marketing products, so as to further improve the quality of in vitro diagnostic reagents and ensure the safety use of medical device. METHODS: This paper summarizes the quality of in vitro diagnostic reagents and analyzes the causes of the problems, according to the results of the national medical device supervision and inspection in 2020. RESULTS: The overall quality of in vitro diagnostic reagents for national medical device supervision and inspection in 2020 is stable and the unqualified detection rate is 1.6%. However, there are some problems. For example, the management of raw materials is unscientific, the faultiness in the preparation of reference materials, the understanding of standards is unthorough, and the management of instructions is unimportance. CONCLUSIONS It is suggested that manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic reagents should improve the binding force of the quality management system, strengthen the awareness of risk management, attach importance to communicate with regulatory authorities, study standards sufficiently and strengthen the management of instructions. It is also suggested that the regulatory authorities should strengthen supervision and inspection, and further complete the evaluation guidance and standard publicity and implementation.
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