BACKGROUND:Previous studies have mostly performed biomechanical analysis of early fracture healing by ignoring muscle loading and using simplified femoral loading. Nevertheless,the biomechanical effects of muscle loading on early fracture healing are still uncertain.OBJECTIVE:To construct various femoral loading models allows for the study of the biomechanical effects of muscle loading on fracture healing,enabling clinicians to gain a deeper understanding of the biomechanical process of fracture healing and to optimize treatment protocols.METHODS:The AnyBody Modeling System software was employed to construct a personalized human musculoskeletal system,which was then analyzed by simulation in order to obtain the musculoskeletal loading model in vivo. This model,along with the femur loading model constructed using the improved simplified loading method and the simplified loading method,was utilized as boundary conditions for the finite element inputs,which were used to analyze the locking compression plate stress-strain and interfragmentary strain in the standing condition,respectively.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) The locking compression plate stresses and strains and interfragmentary strains obtained from the musculoskeletal method were,respectively,31.9％,38.9％,and 19.5％ smaller than those obtained from the simplified loading method. (2) A comparison of the musculoskeletal method with the modified simplified loading method revealed that the neglect of muscle loading resulted in an overestimation of locking compression plate stress and strain,as well as interfragmentary strain,by 16.8％,14.3％,and 19.5％,respectively. Muscle loading did not have a significant effect on the magnitude of the shear motion of the fracture block,whereas it did have a significant effect on the direction of motion. (3) The results indicated that the simplified femoral loading and the method of ignoring muscle loading exhibited some deviation from the musculoskeletal loading situation. Consequently,it is necessary to consider the biomechanical effects of muscle loading in the study of fracture healing.

As the field of oral pathology has evolved, the nomenclature and classification of oral mucosal diseases with a remarkable risk of malignant transformation have undergone several modifications. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the concept of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) as an alternative to the terms for oral precancerous lesions and precancerous conditions. In the consensus report by the WHO Collaborating Center for Oral Cancer of 2021, OPMD is defined as "any oral mucosal abnormality that is associated with a statistically increased risk of developing oral cancer."This definition encompasses a range of conditions, in-cluding oral leukoplakia, oral submucous fibrosis, proliferative verrucous leukoplakia, oral lichen planus, and other lesions. In light of the complex etiology, unclear pathogenesis, and carcinogenesis of OPMDs, early and precise diagnosis and treatment can contribute to the secondary prevention of oral cancer. For this reason, this review, which aims to provide a basis for the precise clinical diagnosis of OPMDs, was performed. Its aim was achieved by reviewing the historical evolution and research progress of the nomenclature, classification, and histopathological diagnostic criteria of OPMDs.
Humans ; Mouth Neoplasms/diagnosis* ; Precancerous Conditions/diagnosis* ; Leukoplakia, Oral/diagnosis* ; Lichen Planus, Oral/pathology* ; Oral Submucous Fibrosis/pathology* ; Mouth Mucosa/pathology* ; World Health Organization

OBJECTIVE To explore the therapeutic effect of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells(hUC-MSCs)in mouse model of allergic lung inflammation.METHODS hUC-MSCs were isolated and cultured from umbilical cord of healthy neonates.The expression of MSC cell surface markers were assessed by flow cytometry in the fifth generation of hUC-MSCs.Mice were sensitized by intraperitoneal injection of ovalbumin and challenged via inhalation of aerosolized ovalbumin to establish an allergic airway inflammation model.The same dose of normal saline was used in the control group.After 14 days of nebulization,lung tissues and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF)were collected from the mice.Hematoxylin and eosin staining and Luminex multiplex assay were performed to assess the levels of allergic inflammation.Lung tissues were minced,homogenized,and digested into single-cell suspensions for cell culture.hUC-MSCs or human nasal epithelial cells were co-cultured with mouse lung cells at a ratio of 1:5 or 1:10(cell number ratio).After 18 hours,the supernatants were collected,and Luminex multiplex assay was performed to assess the expression of inflammatory cytokines interleukin-5(IL-5)and IL-6.RESULTS Cultured hUC-MSCs showed an elongated spindle-shaped morphology.The positive markers CD105,CD73,and CD90 showed positive rates of>95%respectively,while the negative markers CD45,CD34,and CD11b exhibited positive rates of<2%respectively.Compared with the controls,the allergic mice showed significant infiltration of eosinophils in the peribronchial regions of lung tissues,and increased expression levels of IL-5(P<0.01)and IL-6(P<0.05)in BALF.Compared with the control group,mouse lung cells co-cultured with hUC-MSCs significantly decreased the levels of IL-5 and IL-6 in the supernatant(both P<0.05 in 1∶5 group and 1∶10 group).CONCLUSION Co-culture with hUC-MSCs can significantly ameliorate allergic inflammation in lung tissue of mouse model,indicating the therapeutic potential of hUC-MSCs in airway allergic inflammation.

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion (ex20ins) mutation is a rare subtype of mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients with advanced NSCLC carrying the EGFR ex20ins mutation tend to have poor responses to traditional EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), chemotherapy, and immunotherapy, leading to a poor clinical prognosis. Significant progress has been made in the development of new drugs targeting the EGFR ex20ins mutation. The research on new drugs targeting EGFR ex20ins mutations has made significant progress. The main ones include new EGFR-TKIs (such as sunvozertinib, mobocertinib, and furmetinib, etc.), bispecific antibodies (such as amivantamab, JMT101, and GB263T, etc.), and emerging drugs such as AUY922. These agents have demonstrated promising efficacy in clinical trials, improving the objective response rate and progression-free survival of patients, and are expected to improve overall survival. An in-depth analysis of the mechanism of action and clinical trial progress of these novel targeted drugs for EGFR ex20ins-mutated NSCLC can offer new therapeutic strategies for patients with EGFR ex20ins-mutated NSCLC.

In recent years,a growing body of research has demonstrated that acupuncture can be used to effectively treat a diverse range of diseases,including functional gastrointestinal disorders,cardiovascular diseases,as well as anxiety and depression,through the modulation of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus(PVN).Acupuncture may exert its therapeutic effect either by modulating specific neurons within the PVN,such as corticotropin releasing hormone(CRH)neurons,or by regulating the release of hormones,such as oxytocin(OXT)and vasopressin(VP),and the activity of neural circuits associated with the PVN.This review summarizes the mechanisms by which PVN is involved in acupuncture treatment,including its regulatory mechanisms in gastrointestinal diseases,cardiovascular diseases,and negative emotions and pain.Future research should be conducted to further explore the precise mechanisms by which acupuncture regulates PVN to treat diseases,focusing on clarifying the specific processes of signaling pathway transduction,and exploring the specific effects of acupunture of different acupoint combinations and stimulation frequencies and intensity on PVN.

Forensic microbiology,a pivotal discipline within forensic science,focuses on microorganisms as the primary subject of study and applies life science technologies to analyze microbial evidence in criminal and civil investigations.Tissue source inference plays a crucial role in forensic investigations,facilitating case assessment and crime scene reconstruction.The application of microbiome analysis in tissue source inference benefits from the tissue specificity and spatiotemporal stability of human microbial communities.This article provides a systematic review of recent advances in tissue source inference based on microbiome analysis,covering technological development,research trends,and practical applications.Finally,the challenges confronted in practice in forensic microbiology and the future prospects for its development are summarized.

BACKGROUND:Previous studies have mostly performed biomechanical analysis of early fracture healing by ignoring muscle loading and using simplified femoral loading. Nevertheless,the biomechanical effects of muscle loading on early fracture healing are still uncertain.OBJECTIVE:To construct various femoral loading models allows for the study of the biomechanical effects of muscle loading on fracture healing,enabling clinicians to gain a deeper understanding of the biomechanical process of fracture healing and to optimize treatment protocols.METHODS:The AnyBody Modeling System software was employed to construct a personalized human musculoskeletal system,which was then analyzed by simulation in order to obtain the musculoskeletal loading model in vivo. This model,along with the femur loading model constructed using the improved simplified loading method and the simplified loading method,was utilized as boundary conditions for the finite element inputs,which were used to analyze the locking compression plate stress-strain and interfragmentary strain in the standing condition,respectively.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) The locking compression plate stresses and strains and interfragmentary strains obtained from the musculoskeletal method were,respectively,31.9％,38.9％,and 19.5％ smaller than those obtained from the simplified loading method. (2) A comparison of the musculoskeletal method with the modified simplified loading method revealed that the neglect of muscle loading resulted in an overestimation of locking compression plate stress and strain,as well as interfragmentary strain,by 16.8％,14.3％,and 19.5％,respectively. Muscle loading did not have a significant effect on the magnitude of the shear motion of the fracture block,whereas it did have a significant effect on the direction of motion. (3) The results indicated that the simplified femoral loading and the method of ignoring muscle loading exhibited some deviation from the musculoskeletal loading situation. Consequently,it is necessary to consider the biomechanical effects of muscle loading in the study of fracture healing.

[Objective]To analyze the value of grey-scale reversed T1-weighted(rT1)MRI in the detection of structur-al lesions of the sacroiliac joint(SIJ)in patients with axial spondyloarthritis(ax-SpA).[Methods]Fifty-two ax-SpA pa-tients who underwent both MRI and CT in our hospital within a week from February 2020 to December 2022 were retrospec-tively included.Both sacral and iliac side of each SIJ on oblique coronal images were divided into anterior,middle and pos-terior portion.Two radiologists reviewed independently three groups of MRI including T1-weighted imaging(T1WI),rT1 and T1WI+rT1 images to evaluate the structural lesions like erosions,sclerosis and joint space changes in each of the 6 re-gions of the SIJ.One of the radiologist did the evaluation again one month later.CT images were scored for lesions by a third radiologist and served as the reference standard.Intra-class correlation coefficients(ICC)were calculated to test the inter-and intra-reader agreement for the assessment of SIJ lesions.A Friedman test was performed to compare the lesion results of MRI and CT image findings.We examined the diagnostic performance[accuracy,sensitivity(SE)and specifici-ty]of different groups of MRI in the detection of lesions by using diagnostic test.A McNemar test was used to compare the differences of three groups of MRI findings.[Results]CT showed erosions in 71 joints,sclerosis in 65 and joint space changes in 53.Good inter-and intra-reader agreements were found in three groups of MRI images for the assessment of le-sions,with the best agreement in T1WI+rT1.There were no difference between T1WI+rT1 and CT for the assessment of all lesions,nor between rT1 and CT for the assessment of erosions and joint space changes(P>0.05).T1WI+rT1 yielded better accuracy and SE than T1WI in detection of all lesions(Accuracy erosions:90.3%vs 76.9%;SE erosions:91.6%vs 76.1%;Accu-racy sclerosis:89.4%vs 80.8%;SE sclerosis:84.6%vs 73.9%;Accuracy joint space changes:86.5%vs 73.1%;SE joint space changes:84.9%vs 60.4%;P<0.05).rT1 yielded better accuracy and SE than T1WI in detection of erosions and joint space changes(Accuracy erosions:87.5%vs 76.9%;SE erosions:88.7%vs 76.1%;Accuracy joint space changes:85.6%vs 73.1%;SE joint space changes:83.0%vs 60.4%;P<0.05).[Conclusions]In the detection of SIJ structural lesions in ax-SpA,rT1 improves the diagnostic perfor-mance and T1WI+rT1 is more superior to others.

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis is an allergic ocular surface disease mostly present with recurrent chronic inflammation, which usually affects children and adolescents and possibly results in corneal complications such as keratoconus. Keratoconus is a corneal disease characterized by a local cone-like corneal deformation. Previous studies have respectively put forward pathological mechanisms of vernal keratoconjunctivitis and keratoconus and the progressive risk factors, among which we find there's mutual mechanisms as well as cytokines' expression, including type I and IV hypersensitivity, inflammatory reaction, enzymatic changes, oxidative stress and mechanical injury. This review aims at summarizing the possible intrinsic mechanisms and cytokines exacerbating vernal keratoconjunctivitis patients corneas to keratoconus, so as to provide reference for the prevention and management in keratoconus caused by vernal keratoconjunctivitis.

Objective:To explore the composition of oral microbiome in patients of long-term survival after liver transplantation, and compare the diversity and distribution of oral microbiome in liver transplant patients with or without liver cancer.Methods:This is a cross-sectional study. Clinical data of 20 patients of long-term survival after liver transplantation from Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from July 2023 to October 2023 were continuously collected, including 13 males and 7 females, aged 55 (48, 60) years. There were eight patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing liver transplantation and 12 non-HCC liver transplant patients. Oral microbiome was analyzed by 16S rDNA gene sequencing, and the diversity analysis and LEfSe analysis were performed.Results:The top ten groups of bacteria in the HCC and non-HCC liver transplant patients were both Bacteroidota, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Fusobacteriota, Patescibacteria, Campylobacterota, Cyanobacteria, spirochaetota, and Aenigmarchaeota. The top ten genus levels of bacteria in the HCC and non-HCC liver transplant patients were both Haemophilus, Porphyromonas, Gemella, Fusobacterium, Actinomyces, Prevotella, Rothia, Streptococcus, Neisseria. By LEfSe analysis, we found the enrichment of Flavobacteriales, Flavobacteriaceae, Capnocytophaga, Mogibacterium_timidum, Capnocytophaga_leadbetteri, Campylobacter_showae in the HCC group, while the enrichment of Veillonella_atypica, Prevotella_histicola in the non-HCC group.Conclusion:The main microbiome was similar between HCC and non-HCC liver transplant patients, but there were also some differences in microbiome communities.