AIM: To compare the refractive prediction accuracy of 7 intraocular lens(IOL)calculation formulas in the cataract eyes with short axial length(AL)at different corneal curvatures and anterior chamber depth(ACD), and analyze relevant influencing factors contributing to prediction errors.METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed for 125 patients(125 eyes)with a short AL, who received cataract phacoemulsification at Shenyang He Eye Specialist Hospital from November 2020 to December 2021. According to the keratometry(Km), they were divided into low flat Km group(≤45.5 D), medium and high Km group(45.5 D

BACKGROUND:Anthocyanin is one of the most important active components in Lycium ruthenicum Murr,which has antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects.CD146+human adipose-derived pericytes/perivascular cells(CD146+hAD-PCs)are the progenitors of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells,which can promote the proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells in vitro.The support effect of anthocyanin in combination with CD146+hAD-PCs on umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells remains to be studied. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the supporting effect of anthocyanins in Lycium ruthenicum Murr(ALRM)combined with CD146+hAD-PCs on umbilical cord blood CD34+hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells(UCB CD34+HSPCs)in vitro. METHODS:The CCK-8 assay was used to detect the effect of different concentrations(0,200,400,600,800,1 000 mg/L)of ALRM on the proliferation of CD146+hAD-PCs.Flow cytometry was used to detect the effect of ALRM on the cell cycle of CD146+hAD-PCs.The co-culture experiments were divided into blank group,ALRM group,CD146+hAD-PCs group,and ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group to analyze the in vitro supporting effect of ALRM combined with CD146+hAD-PCs on UCB CD34+HSPCs.The number of expanded cells and the number of colony-forming units were compared at 1,2,and 4 weeks of co-culture.The immunophenotype of cells was detected by flow cytometry.The level of cytokines was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)The cell viability of CD146+hAD-PCs was highest at an ALRM concentration of 200 mg/L,the proportion of G0/G1 phase cells decreased and the proportion of S and G2/M phase cells increased in CD146+hAD-PCs(P<0.01).(2)The change in number of UCB CD34+HSPCs cells in the ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group was higher than that in the ALRM group at 1,2,and 4 weeks of co-culture(all P<0.05),and higher than that in CD146+hAD-PCs group at 2 and 4 weeks of co-culture(all P<0.05).The number of cells in the ALRM group and blank group decreased gradually with the extension of co-culture time.(3)Colony forming capacity and immunophenotype analysis:The number of colony-forming units in the ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group was higher than that in the CD146+hAD-PCs group and ALRM group at 1 and 2 weeks of co-culture(P<0.05).The proportion of CD45+and CD34+CD33-cells in the ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group was higher than that in the CD146+hAD-PCs group at 1 and 2 weeks of co-culture(all P<0.01).(4)Changes in cytokines:Interleukin-2 level in the ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group was higher than that in the ALRM and CD146+hAD-PCs groups(P<0.05).The interleukin-3 content of the ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group was higher than that of the CD146+hAD-PCs group at 2 and 4 weeks(P<0.05).The expression level of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in the ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group was higher than that in the CD146+hAD-PCs group at 1 week,and higher than that in the ALRM group and CD146+hAD-PCs group at 2 weeks(P<0.01).Interferon-γ content in the ALRM group and ALRM+CD146+hAD-PCs group was lower than that in the CD146+hAD-PCs group at 1,2,and 4 weeks of co-culture(P<0.01).(5)Due to the absence of stromal cells in the blank group,UCB CD34+HSPCs could not be counted after 1 week of co-culture and were not subjected to immunophenotyping,colony analysis,or cytokine assays.(6)In summary,ALRM can promote the expansion of UCB CD34+HSPCs in vitro by promoting CD146+hAD-PCs proliferation and cell cycle transformation,which is of great value in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Objective: To investigate the expression of peroxiredoxin 4 (PRDX4) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and its effect on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of OSCC cells. Methods: The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA) database was used to analyze the expression of PRDX4 in OSCC. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western Blot (WB) were used to detect the mRNA and protein expression of PRDX4 in OSCC cell lines and normal oral mucosal epithelial cells. PRDX4 was knocked down in CAL-27 cells and divided into two groups: the si-PRDX4 group and si-NC group. SCC-9 cells overexpressing PRDX4 were divided into two groups: the PRDX4 overexpression group (transfected with pcDNA3.1-PRDX4 plasmid) and the vector group (the control group; transfected with pcDNA3.1-NC plasmid). A cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) and plate colony formation assay were used to detect cell proliferation. Transwell assay and cell scratch test were used to detect cell invasion and migration ability. WB was used to detect the effects of knockdown or overexpression of PRDX4, p38MAPK agonist or inhibitor on the expression of p38MAPK-related signaling pathway proteins, and epithelial mesenchymal transition proteins in OSCC cells. Results: PRDX4 was highly expressed in OSCC tissues and cell lines. The results of qRT-PCR and WB showed that PRDX4 was highly expressed in OSCC cell lines compared with normal oral mucosal epithelial cells. The CCK-8 assay showed that the si-PRDX4 group had significantly lower OD values than the si-NC group at 24, 48, and 72 h (P<0.05). The PRDX4 overexpression group had a significantly higher OD value than the vector group at 24, 48, and 72 h (P<0.05). The plate colony formation assay showed that the si-PRDX4 group had a significantly lower number of colonies than the si-NC group (P<0.05). The number of colonies formed in the PRDX4 overexpression group was significantly higher than that in the vector group (P<0.05). The cell scratch test showed that the wound healing area of the si-PRDX4 group was less than that of the si-NC group (P<0.05). The scratch healing area of the PRDX4 overexpression group was significantly higher than that of the vector group (P<0.05). The Transwell invasion assay showed that the number of transmembrane cells in the si-PRDX4 group was lower than that in the si-NC group (P<0.05). The number of transmembrane cells in the PRDX4 overexpression group was significantly higher than that in the vector group (P<0.05). The WB results showed that knockdown and overexpression of PRDX4 could downregulate and upregulate the expression of the p38MAPK signaling pathway and epithelial-mesenchymal transition related proteins, respectively, and the addition of p38MAPK agonist and inhibitor could significantly reverse the expression of related proteins. Conclusion PRDX4 is highly expressed in OSCC. Knocking down the expression of PRDX4 in OSCC cells can downregulate the expression of p38 MAPK signal axis and EMT-related signal proteins, thereby inhibiting the proliferation, migration, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cells.

Objective To understand the status of quality control in occupational medical examination (OME) institutions in Guizhou Province. Methods A total of 124 registered OME institutions actively conducting OME in Guizhou Province were selected as the study subjects using the judgment sampling method. The evaluation was conducted by on-site document reviews, practical skill assessments, and investigation of OME practices for quality evaluation and analyzing their quality control performance. Results The public institutions accounted for 71.0% with a 41.5% of OME workload, while private institutions accounted for 29.0% with a 58.5% of OME workload among these 124 OME institutions. The overall pass rate for quality evaluation of OME institutions was 16.9% (21/124), with a total of 1 296 items failed to pass the quality evaluation. Among the unqualified items, organizational structure, quality control management systems, OME quality control, and information reporting accounted for 15.2%, 21.7%, 52.8%, and 10.3%, respectively. The unqualified rate of quality assessment items of OME institutions was 24.5% (1 296/5 288), and the unqualified rate was lower in public institutions compared with private institutions (22.4% vs 29.3%, P<0.01). The rates of the three key unqualified items, including chest radiography conclusion evaluation, audiogram calculation and conclusion evaluation, and blood lead comparison were 9.8%, 74.8% and 71.4%, respectively. The rates of unqualified audiometry operation test and chief physician theory test were 74.8% and 9.7%, respectively. Conclusion The quality of OME institutions in Guizhou Province requires continuous improvement, particularly in enhancing the abilities of audiometry operation, calculating audiogram results and conducing right conclusion, and blood lead inter-laboratory comparision.

Objective To analyze the prevalence and genetic characteristics of influenza A(H3N2) viruses in the city of Xiangyang in 2022-2023, and to provide a scientific basis for predicting the epidemic and mutation of influenza virus. Methods Throat swab specimens of the influenza like cases were collected from national influenza monitoring sentinel hospitals in Xiangyang every week. RNA was extracted from the specimens for influenza diagnosing using real-time RT-PCR．Viruses were isolated from H3N2 positive specimens, and HA and NA genes were amplified and sequenced．3D modeling analyses were conducted. Results The gene phylogenetic tree showed that the H3N2 isolates in 2022-2023 belonged to 3C.2a1b.2a1 and 3C.2a1b.2a2 branches, respectively. The A(H3N2) influenza virus strains all had amino acid point mutation sites on important antigenic determinants of HA protein. The epitope mutations of the 2022 A(H3N2) strain mainly occurred in regions B, C, and D. The epitope mutations of the A(H3N2) strain in 2023 mainly occurred in regions C and D. Different glycosylation sites of HA gene were found in 2022-2023 strains. No variation was found in key amino acid sites associated with neuraminidase inhibitor resistance. The difference of overall structure was not obvious in the three-dimensional simulation structure diagram. Conclusion The A(H3N2) influenza strains isolated in this study have shown antigenic drift, especially the mutation of HA, which may affect the protective effect of the vaccine on the local population and lead to influenza epidemic. The variations of HA and NA suggest that close attention should be paid to the epidemic and genetic variation of H3N2 subtype influenza virus, to provide a scientific basis for the selection of influenza virus vaccine strains and the prevention and control of influenza.

Objective To investigate the correlation between Yes-associated protein(YAP)nuclear expression and tumor size with prognosis of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer(EOC)and to study the role of YAP in EOC.Methods 120 patients with EOC were selected as the experimental group,including 38 patients with early stage(Ⅰ+Ⅱ)EOC and 8 2 patients with advanced stage(Ⅲ+Ⅳ)EOC.3 0 normal ovarian tissues obtained from patients with uterine leiomyoma were enrolled as the control group.Immunohistochemical(IHC)assay was em-ployed to determine YAP expression and sub-location.The relationship between YAP expression and the pathologi-cal parameters of the 120 patients with EOC was analyzed,so as to the prognosis of these patients.EOC cells(C13K and OV2008)were cultured with varying initial cell volumes.Ki67 expression and cell proliferation were tested by immunofluorescence and cloning assay respectively.YAP expression at mRNA and protein levels were de-tected by q-PCR and Western blot respectively when the cell conference of EOC cells reached to low(60％)and high(90％)cell density.Results The YAP nuclear expression was significantly higher in the EOC group com-pared to the control group(P＜0.05).The average diameter of stage Ⅰ+Ⅱ EOC was larger than that of stage Ⅲ+Ⅳ EOC(P＜0.01).The high nuclear expression of YAP was positively associated with pathological grade,clinical stage and the level of Ca125＞1 000 IU/ml,while negatively correlated with tumor size(all P＜0.05).Survival analyses showed that smaller tumor size(＜10 cm)and higher YAP nuclear expression were negatively as-sociated with the 3-year overall survival rate of EOC patients(P＜0.01).C13K and OV2008 cells cultured in the low density group exhibited a high number of clone formation,high Ki67 and YAP expression(P＜0.01).The down-regulation of YAP expression could decrease the cell viability of EOC cells in the low-and high-density groups(P＜0.05).Conclusion Higher level of YAP nuclear expression and smaller tumour size are inversely associated with the clinical prognosis of patients with EOC.Inhibiting YAP nuclear expression leads to a decrease in the prolif-eration capacity of EOC cells.

Objective To investigate the effect of early activity combined with electrical stimulation of neuromuscular system in improving intensive care unit(ICU)-acquired weakness(ICU-AW)patients with severe pneumonia.Methods A total of 150 patients with ICU-AW caused by severe pneumonia admitted to emergency intensive care unit(EICU)in a tertiary hospital in Shanghai were enrolled as the study subjects,and randomly divided into control group(75 cases)and combined group(75 cases).The control group took early exercise,and the combination group was given early exercise plus electrical stimulation of neuromuscular system.The recovery from mechanical ventilation(ICU length of stay,duration of mechanical ventilation,weaning extubation rate,ICU rollout rate),lung function[forced vital capacity(FVC),forced expiratory volume in the 1 s(FEV1)/FVC,massive inspiratory pressure(MIP)],muscle strength[Medical Research Council(MRC)score],disease severity[acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHEⅡ)],and complications were compared between the two groups.Results The ICU length of stay and mechanical ventilation time in the combined group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).After intervention,FVC,FEV1/FVC,MIP and MRC scores in the two groups were significantly increased(P<0.05),and compared with the control group,the combined group was significantly increased(P<0.05).After intervention,APACHEⅡ score was significantly reduced in the two groups(P<0.05),and compared with the control group,APACHEⅡ score in combined group were significantly reduced(P<0.05).The complication rate in the combined group(9.33％)was significantly lower than that of control group(24.00％)(P<0.05).Conclusions Early exercise combined with neuromuscular electrical stimulation in patients with severe pneumonia ICU-AW can effec-tively promote recovery of patients because of improved lung function.This therapy is proved to be be safe and effective.

Standardized patient (SP) has been widely used for medical teaching and assessment in medical colleges at home and abroad. Pediatric consultations are mostly directed toward parents, so in pediatric education, SP is usually referred to as standardized family (Sfam), which is trained to portray the patient's family members. At present, the development of Sfam in pediatric teaching in China is relatively slow. Based on the characteristics of pediatric teaching, the paper summarizes the necessity of Sfam, the application of different types of Sfam, the integration of Sfam with other clinical teaching methods, and the value of Sfam in pediatric teaching, and also discusses the future direction and prospects of Sfam combined with artificial intelligence in pediatric teaching. After years of development, Sfam has been proved to be an effective teaching model. We hope this paper can help more pediatric clinical educators gain a deeper understanding of the Sfam teaching method, and promote the application of Sfam in pediatric teaching to maximize its role in advancing the development of pediatric education.

Objective To investigate the factors involved in the development of thyroid nodules and the correlation between homocysteine(Hcy)and albumin-globulin ratio(AGR)and thyroid autoantibodies in adults.Methods As a retrospective study,a total of 1 427 people who received physical examination at the Second Hospital Affilia-ted to Hebei North College from October 2019 to August 2020 and the clinical data of the subjects who fulfilled the criteria of NAR were selected for analysis by simple random sampling.All of subjects underwent thyroid color ultrasound scanning and were divided into a control group(without thyroid nodules,n=52)and an observation group(with thyroid nodules,n=48).The general clinical data of the two study groups were compared,and the correlation between Hey and AGR and thyroid autoantibodies was analyzed.Confunding factors affecting the inci-dence of thyroid nodules were screened using multifactorial unconditional logistic regression analysis.Results The observation group showed statistically significant differences in gender,age,diastolic blood pressure,systolic blood pressure,Hey,AGR,TGAb,and TPOAb as compared to the control group(P＜0.05);Using adult Hcy as the dependent variable and Spearman's correlation analysis of AGR,TGAb and TPOAb,adult Hcy was nega-tively correlated with AGR(r=-0.384,P＜0.05)and TGAb and TPOAb were positively correlated(r=0.218,0.224,P＜0.05);Using age,sex,diastolic blood pressure,systolic blood pressure,Hcy,AGR TGAb and TPOAb as independent variables and thyroid nodules as dependent variables,a multifactor logistic regression analysis was performed in 100 subjects who experienced physical check.The analysis showed that age ≥40 years and female were relevant factors for the development of thyroid nodules factors(P＜0.05),Hcy,AGR,TGAb and TPOAb were correlated with thyroid nodules(P＜0.05).Conclusions Thyroid nodules are more common in middle-aged women,and there is a correlation between Hcy,AGR,TGAb,and TPOAb levels and thyroid nod-ules.Regular thyroid screening examination should be carried out based on the above indicators.

Objective To explore the influence of IL-6 secreted by cancer-associated fibroblasts(CAFs)on pro-moting the proliferation and invasion of ovarian cancer cells and the possible mechanisms.Methods CAFs and normal ovarian fibroblasts(NFs)were isolated and cultured respectively from epithelial ovarian cancer and normal ovarian epithelial tissues.Cell markers alpha-smooth muscle actin(α-SMA),E-cadherin were detected by West-ern blot and immunofluorescence.CAFs and normal ovarian fibroblasts(NFs)were collected and cultured,and their supernatants were used to establish an indirect co-culture system with ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells,including SKOV3 cells alone(SKOV3)group,SKOV3 combined with the supernatants of NFs(NFs)group and SKOV3 combined with the supernatants of CAFs(CAFs)group.Cell immunochemistry was used to detect the expression of alcohol dehydrogenase 1B(ADH1B)in SKOV3 cells co-cultured with the supernatant of CAFs or NFs.Before and after treatment with the methylation inhibitor 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine(5-Aza-dC),methylation-specific PCR(MSP),Reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR(RT-qPCR),enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA),and Western blot were used to detect the mRNA level and methylation status of ADH1B,and the phos-phorylation level of signal transducers and activators of transcription 3(p-STAT3).The cell counting kit-8(CCK-8)method and Transwell assay were used to investigate the effects of the IL-6 inhibitor LMT-286 and recombinant human interleukin-6(rhIL-6)on cell proliferation and invasion.Results The protein levels of α-SMA was highly expressed,however,CAFs and NFs cells almost lacked the E-cadherin protein.Compared with the SKOV3 and NFs groups,CAFs group exhibited significantly downregulated mRNA and protein expression of ADH1B.After treatment with 5-Aza-dC,ADH1B methylation was partially reversed,and the mRNA and protein expression of ADH1B increased in all groups.The phosphorylation level of STAT3 proteins was significantly reduced in CAFs group,while there were no significant changes in SKOV3 and NFs groups.Intervention with LMT-286 and rhIL-6 only inhibited or promoted the proliferation and invasion of cells in CAFs group,while there were no significant changes in SKOV3 and NFs groups.Conclusion CAFs can enhance the methylation of ADH1B in ovarian cancer cells via IL-6/STAT3 pathway,and may promote the proliferation and invasion.