Objective:To investigate the preventive efficacy of triamcinolone acetonide injection on esophageal stenosis after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).Methods:From February 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023, 82 patients who underwent ESD for esophageal lesions at the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Jiangsu Cancer Hospital) were enrolled. According to the treatment of the surface after ESD, the patients were divided into the triamcinolone acetonide group (49 cases) and the no-special-treatment group (33 cases). The patients of triamcinolone acetonide group received multiple injections of triamcinolone acetonide solution post-ESD (immediate), week 1, and week 4, while the patients of no-special-treatment group did not receive additional pharmacological intervention. The patients were followed up for 3 months after ESD. The occurrence of esophageal stenosis after ESD was observed under endoscopy. The incidence of esophageal stenosis and the improvement of dysphagia after ESD were compared between the triamcinolone acetonide group and no-special-treatment group. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyes were performed to identify influencing factors of esophageal stenosis after ESD. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis.Results:The incidence of esophageal stenosis after ESD in the triamcinolone acetonide group was lower than that in the no-special-treatment group (16.3% (8/49) vs. 66.7% (22/33)), and the proportion of patients without dysphagia (Stooler′s grading score of 0) was higher than that in the no-special-treatment group (83.7% (41/49) vs. 33.3% (11/33)), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=19.42 and 24.31, both P<0.001). In 42 patients with circumferential esophageal lesions involving >75%, the incidence of esophageal stenosis in the triamcinolone acetonide group was lower than that in the no-special-treatment group (28.6% (6/21) vs. 85.7% (18/21)), and the proportion of patients without dysphagia (Stooler′s grading score of 0) was higher than that in the no-special-treatment group (71.4% (15/21) vs. 14.3% (3/21)), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=11.76 and 15.33, both P<0.001). There was no statistically significant differences in the incidence of adverse events between the triamcinolone acetonide group and no-special-treatment group (4.1% (2/49) vs. 0; χ2=0.20, P=0.656), and no serious adverse reactions occurred in 2 groups. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the long distance from the proximal lesion margin to the incisors was a protective factor of whether esophageal stenosis occured or not after ESD ( OR=0.795, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.652 to 0.947, P=0.014), while the incidence of esophageal stenosis increased in patients with circumferential lesions involving >75% ( OR=7.064, 95% CI: 1.893 to 32.408, P=0.006), and the incidence of esophageal stenosis effectively reduced after the use of triamcinolone acetonide post ESD ( OR=0.062, 95% CI: 0.013 to 0.229, P<0.001). Conclusion:After ESD, triamcinolone acetonide can reduce the incidence of esophageal stenosis and improve patients′ dysphagia.

Objective:To investigate the preventive efficacy of triamcinolone acetonide injection on esophageal stenosis after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).Methods:From February 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023, 82 patients who underwent ESD for esophageal lesions at the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Jiangsu Cancer Hospital) were enrolled. According to the treatment of the surface after ESD, the patients were divided into the triamcinolone acetonide group (49 cases) and the no-special-treatment group (33 cases). The patients of triamcinolone acetonide group received multiple injections of triamcinolone acetonide solution post-ESD (immediate), week 1, and week 4, while the patients of no-special-treatment group did not receive additional pharmacological intervention. The patients were followed up for 3 months after ESD. The occurrence of esophageal stenosis after ESD was observed under endoscopy. The incidence of esophageal stenosis and the improvement of dysphagia after ESD were compared between the triamcinolone acetonide group and no-special-treatment group. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyes were performed to identify influencing factors of esophageal stenosis after ESD. Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis.Results:The incidence of esophageal stenosis after ESD in the triamcinolone acetonide group was lower than that in the no-special-treatment group (16.3% (8/49) vs. 66.7% (22/33)), and the proportion of patients without dysphagia (Stooler′s grading score of 0) was higher than that in the no-special-treatment group (83.7% (41/49) vs. 33.3% (11/33)), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=19.42 and 24.31, both P<0.001). In 42 patients with circumferential esophageal lesions involving >75%, the incidence of esophageal stenosis in the triamcinolone acetonide group was lower than that in the no-special-treatment group (28.6% (6/21) vs. 85.7% (18/21)), and the proportion of patients without dysphagia (Stooler′s grading score of 0) was higher than that in the no-special-treatment group (71.4% (15/21) vs. 14.3% (3/21)), and the differences were statistically significant ( χ2=11.76 and 15.33, both P<0.001). There was no statistically significant differences in the incidence of adverse events between the triamcinolone acetonide group and no-special-treatment group (4.1% (2/49) vs. 0; χ2=0.20, P=0.656), and no serious adverse reactions occurred in 2 groups. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the long distance from the proximal lesion margin to the incisors was a protective factor of whether esophageal stenosis occured or not after ESD ( OR=0.795, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.652 to 0.947, P=0.014), while the incidence of esophageal stenosis increased in patients with circumferential lesions involving >75% ( OR=7.064, 95% CI: 1.893 to 32.408, P=0.006), and the incidence of esophageal stenosis effectively reduced after the use of triamcinolone acetonide post ESD ( OR=0.062, 95% CI: 0.013 to 0.229, P<0.001). Conclusion:After ESD, triamcinolone acetonide can reduce the incidence of esophageal stenosis and improve patients′ dysphagia.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of specific exercise therapy for the treatment of skeletally immature idiopathic scoliosis (IS). Methods: A total of 51 mild IS patients receiving specific exercise therapy in Guangdong Xinmiao Scoliosis Prevention Center from October 2017 to September 2021 were recruited in this study. Treatment outcome were evaluated at 1 year follow up. All the participants were divided into two groups: open ( n =32) and closed triradiate cartilage group ( n =19), and outcome of treatment were compared within the two groups. Results: After (26.5±9.8) months of treatment, the Cobb angle of the major curve was corrected from an average of (15.5±4.2)° to (11.3±6.7)°, with an average correction of (4.5±5.7)°. Among them, 58.9% patients achieved improvement in the major curve Cobb angle, 33.3% achieved stabilization, and 7.8% progressed. There was no significant difference in the major curve Cobb angle between the closed and open triradiate cartilage groups before treatment( t =-0.73, P =0.47), whereas there was a significant difference in the correction of the major curve after treatment( t =-2.73 , P <0.05). Conclusion Specific exercise therapy effectively prevents the progression or corrects the scoliosis in patients with skeletally immature idiopathic scoliosis. It s more effective in patients with open triradiate cartilage than in those with closed triradiate cartilage.

Objective: To investigate the function of anti-PD-1 (scFv)/IL-15/IL-15Rα-sushi fusion protein (PD-S15) to specifically bind to PD-1 in vitro and to explore its effect on NK/T cell proliferation. Methods: The human anti-PD-1 (scFv) gene sequence and human IL-15/IL-15Rα-sushi fusion gene sequence were synthesized chemically. The recombinant expression plasmid pUC57-PD-S15 was constructed by enzyme digestion and ligation of the two target genes, and then transiently transfected into HEK293T cells by lipofectamineTM 2000. The supernatants of cell culture medium were acquired, and the expression of PD-S15 fusion protein in cell culture supernatants was detected by Wb assay. PBMCs and TILs were cultured in mediums with different proportion of PD-S15/X-VIVOTM15, respectively. Then, the capacity of PD-S15 fusion protein to bind to PD-1 in vitro and its effect on the proliferation of PBMCs and the proportion of CD3+CD8+, CD3+CD4+ and CD3-CD56+ subsets were detected by flow cytometry. The effect of PD-S15 fusion protein on the proliferation of TILs was detected by cytometry. Results: The successful construction of pUC57-PD-S15 eukaryotic expression plasmid was confirmed by double enzyme digestion and sequencing, and then successfully transfected into HEK293T cells. The relative molecular weight of the target protein was approximately 55 000, and was in line with expectations. PD-S15 fusion protein could specifically combine with PD-1 in vitro (P<0.05) and stimulate NK/T cell proliferation (P<0.05). Compared with classical TILs culture method, the efficiency of activation and amplification of T cells in vitro by PD-S15 culturemethodwasbetter (P<0.01). Conclusion: PD-S15 fusion protein can specifically target PD-1 and rapidly expand NK/T cells in vitro, which lays a foundation for the selective expansion of CD8+PD-1+ antigen-specific T lymphocytes from tumor tissues and even peripheral blood.

A qualitative analytical method of liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry(LC-MSn)was developed for the identification of main constituents in Chrysanthemum morifolium ‘Fubaiju’. High-performance liquid chromatography(HPLC)was developed for the quantification of five active components, including chlorogenic acid(1), luteolin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(2), luteolin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranuronide(3), 3, 5-Di-caffeoylquinic acid(4), and apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucopyranoside(5). A total of 22 compounds, including 13 flavonoids and 9 phenolic acids, were identified based on their retention behaviors, UV profiles and MS fragment information. Furthermore, a validation method with good linearity(r> 0. 999 9), precision, stability, repeatability and recovery was successfully applied for simultaneous determination of five major components in 10 batches of C. morifolium ‘Fubaiju’ by HPLC-UV method. The established method was proved to be a validation strategy for the quality evaluation of C. morifolium ‘Fubaiju’.

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of HCV antibody S /CO values in active HCV infection diagnosis in cancer patients .Methods 390 cancer patients were enrolled from Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences between January 2013 and April 2015.All of the cancer patients had pathological diagnosis , including 240 males and 150 females, aged from 25 to 83 years old. HCV antibody and HCV RNA levels were detected using the Abbott i 2000 immunity analyzer and Roche LC480 real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR machine , respectively.The relationship between HCV antibody S/CO value and RNA level was analyzed in the group of HCC and non-HCC patients.Results There were obvious statistical differences in age (P＝0.004), gender (P＜0.001) and HCV antibody levels (P＜0.001) between the group of HCC and non-HCC patients.There was no statistical difference in distribution of RNA positive rate between the two groups (P＝0.528).Using ROC curve analysis, the best cut-off value to diagnose active HCV infection in cancer patients is 10.0 with sensitivity 97.6%and specificity 81.3%. According to the results of the ROC curve , the cut-off was 11.4 and 10.4 in HCC and non-HCC patients respectively.Conclusion The best cut-off value to diagnose active HCV infection in cancer patients is 10.0, either in HCC or in non-HCC.

Objective: To investigate the clinical value of combined detection of serum miR-378 and miR-21 in gastric cancer (GC). Methods: Eighty-seven patients with GC and 78 patients with colorectal cancer(CRC) from National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences were selected, 83 individuals undergoing healthy physical examination were selected as the healthy controls. The levels of serum miR-378 and miR-21 were detected by quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) (result data were transformed as log2 for analysis). Results: Relative expression levels of miR-378 in the serum were -1.24, -3.25 and -2.73 in healthy controls, GC and CRC patients, respectively. Compared with the healthy controls, the levels of serum miR-378 were significantly decreased in GC and CRC patients (both P<0.05). Relative expression levels of miR-21 in the serum were 0.11, 2.34 and 2.47 in healthy controls, GC and CRC patients, respectively. Compared with the healthy controls, the levels of serum miR-21 were significantly up-regulated in GC and CRC patients (both P<0.05). Moreover, the serum level of miR-378 in GC patients was inversely associated with tumor clinical stage (P<0.05). However, the level of miR-21 showed no significant differences among patients with different clinical and pathological characteristics (all P>0.05). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity of miRNA-378 to diagnose GC was 0.770, 82.0% and 66.0%, respectively, and were 0.900, 85.0%, and 88.0% of miR-21, respectively. The AUC, sensitivity and specificity of combined detection of serum miR-378 and miR-21 to diagnose GC were 0.930, 92.0% and 87.0%, respectively, while the AUC of combined detection of serum CEA and CA-199 was 0.767, the AUC of combined all of the four factors was 0.946. Conclusion The combined detection of serum miR-378 and miR-21 have a certain effect on diagnosis of GC.

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical efficacy through comparing the change of CT image in infrapatellar fat pad before and after Xiaoding ointment in the treatment of acute patellar bursitis of knee joint. METHODS:73 patients with acute patellar bur-sitis were randomly divided into observation group(39 cases)and control group(34 cases). Observation group was given Xiaoding ointment for local application,qd,7 d as a courses,3 courses in total;control group was given triamcinolone acetonide 30 mg af-ter the extraction of articular cavity effusion,once a week,totally for 3 times. All patients of two groups underwent knee CT exami-nation for observation of the infrapatellar fat pad and articular cavity effusion volume change before and after treatment. Clinical ef-ficacies were compared between 2 groups. RESULTS:CT image alterations of treatment group showed that infrapatellar fat pad den-sity were decreased,anteroposterior diameter,vertical diameter,internal to external diameter were significantly reduced. The total effective rate of treatment group was 92.31%,which was better than that of control group(88.24%),with statistical significance (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Xiaoding ointment demonstrate markedly curative effects in the treatment of acute patellar bursitis, and CT image is an effective method for diagnosis of infrapatellar fat pad.

Objective To study the relevance between the level of thyroid hormone and anti‐thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb) during gestation period .Methods From November 2011 to May 2014 ,150 gravidas were chosen as objectives ,and were divided into 2 groups according TPOAb .The clinical feature ,level of thyroid hormone ,pregnancy outcome ,and complication of neo‐phyte between 2 groups were compared .Results In 150 gravidas ,44 were positive in TPOAb and 106 were negative .The age ,ges‐tational weeks and BMI between two groups had no statistical difference(P>0 .05) .At the early and middle pregnancy as well as at the late pregnancy ,the level of thyroid hormone between two groups had statistical difference(P<0 .05);In study group ,the level of thyroid hormone of early and middle pregnancy and that of late pregnancy had statistical difference(P<0 .05) .The rate of unde‐sirable gestational outcome and that of neophyte complication between two groups had statistical difference(P<0 .05) .Conclusion During gestation period ,the TPOAb was significant for the diagnosis of the sub‐clinical hypothyroidism ,as well for prognosis of gravidas .