Objective: To examine the association between incidence of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) and meteorological factors, so as to provide the basis for the prevention and control of HFMD. Methods: The number of HFMD cases in Jiading District, Shanghai Municipality from 2016 to 2023 were collected through the Chinese Disease Prevention and Control Information System, and meteorological data were obtained from the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau. The associations of daily average temperature, daily average relative humidity, and daily average atmospheric pressure with the daily number of HFMD cases were analyzed using a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM). Results: A total of 21 555 HFMD cases were reported in Jiading District from 2016 to 2023, with an average annual incidence of 132.57/100 000. There were 12 762 male cases (59.21%) and 8 793 female cases (40.79%). The main peak of incidence occurred from June to August, and the secondary peak was from October to December. DLNM analysis showed that the incidence risk of HFMD first increased and then decreased with the increase of daily average temperature, and first decreased and then increased with the prolongation of the lag time. The cumulative lag risk was higher when the daily average temperature ranged from 18.4 to 35.1 ℃, and the maximum cumulative lag effect was observed at 27.8 ℃ (RR=5.522, 95%CI: 4.751-6.370). The incidence risk of HFMD first increased and then decreased with the increase of daily average relative humidity, and first decreased, then increased and then decreased again with the prolongation of the lag time. The cumulative lag risk was higher when the daily average relative humidity ranged from 71.7% and 90.8%, and the maximum cumulative lag effect was observed at 81.8% (RR=1.603, 95%CI: 1.321-1.995). The incidence risk of HFMD decreased with the increase of daily average atmospheric pressure, and decreased with the prolongation of the lag time when the daily average atmospheric pressure was greater than 1 015.80 hPa. When the daily average atmospheric pressure was less than 1 015.80 hPa, the incidence risk of HFMD increased with the prolongation of the lag time. The maximum cumulative lag effect was observed at 986.80 hPa (RR=8.513, 95%CI: 1.401-36.625). Conclusion The incidence risk of HFMD in Jiading District initially increases and then decreases with increasing temperature and relative humidity, while it decreases with increasing atmospheric pressure, and these effects exhibit a lagged response.

Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins(Siglecs)are expressed on most white blood cells and play a key role in signal transduction of immune cells.Recent studies have shown that many bacterial pathogens regulate the host immune response through the interaction between sialic acid(Sia)and Siglecs,thereby influencing the occurrence and development of diseases.Understanding bacterial pathogenic mechanisms is essential to identify potential effective therapeutic targets and help manage bacterial infectious diseases.Herein,the structure,biological function,and research progress in Siglecs in bacterial in-fectious diseases are briefly reviewed.

Objective:To investigate the predictive value of MRI balanced steady-state free precession(b SSFP)synergistic voxel incoherent motion diffusion weighted imaging(IVIM-DWI)and Gd-DTPA enhanced scanning for the status of extramural vascular invasion(EMVI)in rectal cancer before surgery.Methods:A total of 105 rectal cancer patients from the People's Hospital of Lujiang County,Anhui Province,were retrospectively selected and included.All patients were confirmed by postoperative pathology and underwent preoperative b SSFP sequences,IVIM-DWI functional imaging,and Gd-DTPA-enhanced multiparameter MRI scans.Three seven-point schemes based on individual b SSFP sequences,IVIM-DWI functional imaging,and Gd-DTPA en-hancement,two-by-two synergy,and multi-sequence combined diagnosis were utilized in con-junction with conventional MRI sequences for preoperative prediction of EMVI status.The diag-nostic efficacy of T2WI and b SSFP sequences was compared with that of postoperative patho-logic results.ROC curves were plotted to obtain the corresponding area under the ROC curve(AUC),specificity,and sensitivity.Results:The AUC for predicting the preoperative vascular status outside the rectal wall was 0.572(95％CI:0.408～0.737)for the conventional T2 lipid sup-pression sequence,with a specificity of 0.811 and a sensitivity of 0.667.The AUC for the b SSPF sequence was 0.817(95％CI:0.680～0.954),with a specificity of 0.900 and a sensitivity of 0.733.All of the statistical parameters were higher than the diagnostic efficacy of conventional T2 lipid suppression sequences.The multi-sequence MRI co-diagnosis had an AUC of 0.961(95％CI:0.886～1.000),with a specificity of 0.988 and a sensitivity of 0.875(P＜0.05).Conclusion:Mag-netic resonance b SSFP sequence synergized with IVIM-DWI and Gd-DTPA-enhanced multipa-rameter scanning has high clinical application value for the preoperative prediction of EMVI inva-sion in rectal cancer.

Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia(OAT)is a common male infertility condition characterized by a decreased sperm count and poor sperm motility.The pathogenesis of OAT is rather complicated,involving such factors as lifestyle,genetic abnormalities,en-vironmental pollutants,and others.In recent years,significant progress has been made in the study of sperm proteomics,particularly in its application to the diagnosis and treatment of OAT.This review summarizes the advances in the proteomic studies of sperm and se-minal plasma in OAT patients,provides an overview of the potential differentially expressed proteins associated with sperm count and motility,aiming for a deeper insight into the pathogenesis of OAT and improvement of its diagnosis and identification of its related new biomarkers.

AIM To study the chemical constituents form the leaves of Castanopsis orthacantha Fance and their α-glucosidase inhibitory activities.METHODS The methanol extract form the leaves of C.orthacanth was isolated and purified by various column chromatography methods,such as MCI gel CHP 20P,Sephadex LH-20,Diaion HP20SS,then the structures of obtained compounds were identified by physicochemical properties and spectral data.The α-glucosidase inhibitory activities were determined by PNPG method.RESULTS Eighteen compounds were isolated and identified as protocatechuic acid(1),gallic acid(2),3-O-α-L-arabininopyranosyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid(3),3-O-galloyl shikimic acid(4),methyl 4-epi-shikimate-3-O-gallate(5),5-O-galloyl shikimic acid(6),5-O-caffeoylshikimic acid(7),6-O-galloyl-glucoside(8),1,6-di-O-galloyl-β-D-pyranogluloside(9),1,3-di-O-galloyl-α-D-glucoside(10),2,3-di-O-galloyl-D-glucoside(11),β-O-methylgluco-2,3-digalloyl esters(12),(3R,1'S)-[1'-(6"-O-galloyl-β-D-gluco-pyranosyl)oxyethyl]-3-hydroxy-dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one(13),4-O-D-(6'-O-galloyl)glucopyranyl-(E)-p-coumaryl acid(14),chestanin(15),1-desgalloyl eugeniin(16),picrorhiza acid(17),11-methyl chebulate(18).The IC50 values of compounds 2 and 16 were(0.12±0.059),(0.00089±0.00025)mmol/L,respectively.CONCLUSION All compounds are isolated from the leaves of C.orthacantha for the first time.Compounds 2 and 16 have strong α-glucosidase inhibitory activities.

Objective:To develop a U-Net-based quadruple numerical neural network (QU-Net) model for retinal vessel segmentation and to verify its precision and efficiency in extracting and segmenting retinal vessels from fundus images.Methods:This study used the concept of hypercomplex numbers, the three channels of color images, and a quaternion matrix representing all the information data of the images, which was then used as input for quaternion convolution and quaternion fully connected layers based on the U-Net architecture to form a QU-Net model.The QU-Net model was first tested on the DRIVE, STARE, and CHASE_DB1 datasets and compared with the traditional real-valued U-Net, M-Net, and SU-Net models in terms of accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, precision, F1 score, and Matthews correlation coefficient.Finally, the model was further optimized and the optimized QU-Net model was compared side-by-side with the well-known advanced models to comprehensively evaluate and analyze the efficiency and accuracy of the model in extracting and segmenting retinal blood vessels from fundus images.Results:The results showed that the QU-Net model achieved the following vessel segmentation results: accuracy 0.956 6, sensitivity 0.700 8, specificity 0.987 9, precision 0.595 4 on the DRIVE dataset, accuracy 0.975 5, sensitivity 0.890 7, specificity 0.984 2, precision 0.662 5 on the STARE dataset, and accuracy 0.979 4, sensitivity 0.747 0, specificity 0.990 6, precision 0.596 9 on the CHASE_DB1 dataset.Its specificity was better than U-Net, M-Net and SU-Net models, and its accuracy, sensitivity and precision were not inferior to the three models.After optimization, the sensitivity, precision and F1 value of the QU-Net model were effectively improved on the three datasets while maintaining its original accuracy and specificity.When compared with the performance indicators of other models on the three datasets, it was found that the optimized QU-Net model had good performance in accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, precision, and F1 score, indicating that its vessel segmentation ability was not inferior to the advanced models.Among all the models compared, the optimized QU-Net model had the best F1 score and Matthews correlation coefficient.Conclusions:The QU-Net model proposed in this study expands the data dimension space from the traditional real number space to the complex number space and greatly reduces the loss of data information.The optimized QU-Net model has good efficiency and accuracy in extracting retinal vessel segmentation from fundus images, and has certain advantages in detecting fine vessels.

Neck dissection(ND)is one of the main treatment methods for oral and maxillofacial malignancies.Although ND type is in con-stant improvement,but intraoperative peal-pull-push injury of the accessory nerve,muscle,muscle membrane,fascia and ligament induced shoulder syndrome(SS)is still a common postoperative complication,combined with the influence of radiochemotherapy,not only can cause pain,stiffness,numbness,limited dysfunction of shoulder neck and arm,but also may have serious impact on patient's life quality and phys-ical and mental health.At present,there is still a lack of a systematic evaluation and rehabilitation management program for postoperative SS of oral and maxillofacial malignant tumors.Based on the previous clinical practice and the current available evidence,refer to the relevant lit-erature at home and abroad,the experts in the field of maxillofacial tumor surgery and rehabilitation were invited to discuss,modify and reach a consenusus on the etiology,assessment diagnosis,differential diagnosis,rehabilitation strategy and prevention of SS,in order to provide clinical reference.

AIM:To describe the dynamic characteristics of mitochondria in the development of mouse embryonic hematopoietic stem cells,and to explore the function of mitochondria in this process.METHODS:Single-cell transcrip-tomic data of continuous developmental hematopoietic stem cell-related populations were analyzed to describe the dynamic changes of genes related to mitochondrial synthesis and energy metabolism.To explore the dynamic changes in the number and activity of mitochondria during the development of hematopoietic stem cells,we detected the mitochondrial number and mitochondrial membrane potential of the cells in each stage of hematopoietic stem cell development by fluorescent probe staining combined with flow cytometry.We added small molecule inhibitors of mitochondrial synthesis and energy metabolism and used hematopoietic cell colony formation assay to detect the effect of mitochondrial function inhibition on the induction of hematopoietic products in vitro.RESULTS:(1)Single-cell transcriptome analysis showed that genes in-volved in mitochondrial synthesis and oxidative phosphorylation were significantly up-regulated in endothelial cell and type Ⅰ pre-hematopoietic stem cell compared with those involved in glycolysis,and these genes could significantly distinguish continuous dynamic populations.(2)The results of fluorescence staining and flow cytometry analysis showed that mito-chondrial number and mitochondrial membrane potential had an increasing trend during the continuous development of he-matopoietic stem cell,reaching the highest level in the precursor stage of type 2 pre-hematopoietic stem cell,and decreasing in the mature hematopoietic stem cell of fetal liver.(3)Compared with control group,inhibition of mitochondrial respirato-ry chain Ⅰ and Ⅴ significantly reduced the number of hematopoietic colonies(P<0.05).CONCLUSION:(1)Genes re-lated to mitochondrial synthesis and oxidative phosphorylation are highly expressed in hemogenic endothelial cells and type Ⅰpre-hematopoietic stem cells,and can be used to distinguish continuous developing populations.(2)The mitochondrial number and mitochondrial membrane potential increased continuously during hematopoietic stem cell development and reached the highest level in type 2 pre-hematopoietic stem cells.(3)Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory chain Ⅰ and Ⅴ significantly reduced the production of hematopoietic products in vitro.

Objective To investigate the association between the index finger and ring finger length ratio (2D ∶ 4D) and of four loci (rs6461992‚ rs6968828‚ rs7801581‚ rs17427875) polymorphism of homeobox (HOX) A11 gene among Ningxia college students. Methods Digit camera was used to collect frontal hand photos of 667 Han college students (348 males and 319 females) from Ningxia province; Image analysis software was used to mark the anatomical points and measure finger lengths of the index and ring fingers of both hands; multiplex PCR was used to detect each locus polymorphisms of HOXA11 gene; statistical software was used to compare and analyze the differences and associations of 2D ∶4D and gene polymorphisms between different genders. Results Among Ningxia Han college students‚ both left hand and right hand 2D ∶ 4D were significantly higher in females than those of in males (all P< 0. 05)‚ and there were no significant sex differences in right-left hand 2D ∶4D; the genotypes and allele frequencies of rs7801581 locus of HOXA11 gene differed significantly between genders (all P < 0. 05)‚ and none of the other locus polymorphisms showed any significant sex differences; only female left hand 2D ∶4D was significantly associated with rs6461992 locus genotype in the relationship between 2D ∶4D and HOXA11 polymorphisms (P<0. 05). Conclusion There were significant sex differences in 2D ∶ 4D among Han college students in Ningxia‚ and the rs6461992 locus polymorphism of HOXA11 gene may be associated with the formation of 2D ∶4D in females.

Acupuncture, a therapeutic treatment defined as the insertion of needles into the body at specific points (ie, acupoints), has growing in popularity world-wide to treat various diseases effectively, especially acute and chronic pain. In parallel, interest in the physiological mechanisms underlying acupuncture analgesia, particularly the neural mechanisms have been increasing. Over the past decades, our understanding of how the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system process signals induced by acupuncture has developed rapidly by using electrophysiological methods. However, with the development of neuroscience, electrophysiology is being challenged by calcium imaging in view field, neuron population and visualization in vivo. Owing to the outstanding spatial resolution, the novel imaging approaches provide opportunities to enrich our knowledge about the neurophysiological mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia at subcellular, cellular, and circuit levels in combination with new labeling, genetic and circuit tracing techniques. Therefore, this review will introduce the principle and the method of calcium imaging applied to acupuncture research. We will also review the current findings in pain research using calcium imaging from in vitro to in vivo experiments and discuss the potential methodological considerations in studying acupuncture analgesia.
Calcium ; Acupuncture Therapy ; Acupuncture ; Acupuncture Analgesia/methods* ; Acupuncture Points ; Technology