This paper reports a case of a 59-year-old female patient who presented with sudden aphasia and left-sided weakness.After emergency cerebral angiography and intracranial artery thrombectomy,the left subclavian artery was accidentally punctured during left subclavian vein catheterization.Three-dimensional reconstruction and preoperative simulation using Mimics software and 3dsMAX were performed to determine the subcutaneous tunnel length and the applicability of the Angioseal closure device.Preoperative simulation showed a tunnel length of 74.6 mm,satisfying the condition of subcutaneous tunnel＜compression tube＜Angioseal introducer.Angioseal closure was then performed.Postoperative angiography showed satisfactory occlusion,and the patient had no complications.This paper discusses the challenges in managing accidental subclavian artery punctures and the application conditions of the Angioseal closure device,emphasizing the importance of preoperative three-dimensional reconstruction and simulation for ensuring surgical success.For accidental subclavian artery punctures with tunnel lengths not exceeding 88 mm,the Angioseal closure device is a safe and effective method.

This paper reports a case of a 59-year-old female patient who presented with sudden aphasia and left-sided weakness.After emergency cerebral angiography and intracranial artery thrombectomy,the left subclavian artery was accidentally punctured during left subclavian vein catheterization.Three-dimensional reconstruction and preoperative simulation using Mimics software and 3dsMAX were performed to determine the subcutaneous tunnel length and the applicability of the Angioseal closure device.Preoperative simulation showed a tunnel length of 74.6 mm,satisfying the condition of subcutaneous tunnel＜compression tube＜Angioseal introducer.Angioseal closure was then performed.Postoperative angiography showed satisfactory occlusion,and the patient had no complications.This paper discusses the challenges in managing accidental subclavian artery punctures and the application conditions of the Angioseal closure device,emphasizing the importance of preoperative three-dimensional reconstruction and simulation for ensuring surgical success.For accidental subclavian artery punctures with tunnel lengths not exceeding 88 mm,the Angioseal closure device is a safe and effective method.

Objective: To analyze the clinical epidemiological characteristics including composition of pathogens , clinical characteristics, and disease prognosis acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in Chinese children. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical and laboratory data of 1 610 children <15 years of age with ABM in 33 tertiary hospitals in China from January 2019 to December 2020. Patients were divided into different groups according to age,<28 days group, 28 days to <3 months group, 3 months to <1 year group, 1-<5 years of age group, 5-<15 years of age group; etiology confirmed group and clinically diagnosed group according to etiology diagnosis. Non-numeric variables were analyzed with the Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, while non-normal distrituction numeric variables were compared with nonparametric test. Results: Among 1 610 children with ABM, 955 were male and 650 were female (5 cases were not provided with gender information), and the age of onset was 1.5 (0.5, 5.5) months. There were 588 cases age from <28 days, 462 cases age from 28 days to <3 months, 302 cases age from 3 months to <1 year of age group, 156 cases in the 1-<5 years of age and 101 cases in the 5-<15 years of age. The detection rates were 38.8% (95/245) and 31.5% (70/222) of Escherichia coli and 27.8% (68/245) and 35.1% (78/222) of Streptococcus agalactiae in infants younger than 28 days of age and 28 days to 3 months of age; the detection rates of Streptococcus pneumonia, Escherichia coli, and Streptococcus agalactiae were 34.3% (61/178), 14.0% (25/178) and 13.5% (24/178) in the 3 months of age to <1 year of age group; the dominant pathogens were Streptococcus pneumoniae and the detection rate were 67.9% (74/109) and 44.4% (16/36) in the 1-<5 years of age and 5-<15 years of age . There were 9.7% (19/195) strains of Escherichia coli producing ultra-broad-spectrum β-lactamases. The positive rates of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture and blood culture were 32.2% (515/1 598) and 25.0% (400/1 598), while 38.2% (126/330)and 25.3% (21/83) in CSF metagenomics next generation sequencing and Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen detection. There were 4.3% (32/790) cases of which CSF white blood cell counts were normal in etiology confirmed group. Among 1 610 children with ABM, main intracranial imaging complications were subdural effusion and (or) empyema in 349 cases (21.7%), hydrocephalus in 233 cases (14.5%), brain abscess in 178 cases (11.1%), and other cerebrovascular diseases, including encephalomalacia, cerebral infarction, and encephalatrophy, in 174 cases (10.8%). Among the 166 cases (10.3%) with unfavorable outcome, 32 cases (2.0%) died among whom 24 cases died before 1 year of age, and 37 cases (2.3%) had recurrence among whom 25 cases had recurrence within 3 weeks. The incidences of subdural effusion and (or) empyema, brain abscess and ependymitis in the etiology confirmed group were significantly higher than those in the clinically diagnosed group (26.2% (207/790) vs. 17.3% (142/820), 13.0% (103/790) vs. 9.1% (75/820), 4.6% (36/790) vs. 2.7% (22/820), χ²=18.71, 6.20, 4.07, all P<0.05), but there was no significant difference in the unfavorable outcomes, mortility, and recurrence between these 2 groups (all P>0.05). Conclusions: The onset age of ABM in children is usually within 1 year of age, especially <3 months. The common pathogens in infants <3 months of age are Escherichia coli and Streptococcus agalactiae, and the dominant pathogen in infant ≥3 months is Streptococcus pneumoniae. Subdural effusion and (or) empyema and hydrocephalus are common complications. ABM should not be excluded even if CSF white blood cell counts is within normal range. Standardized bacteriological examination should be paid more attention to increase the pathogenic detection rate. Non-culture CSF detection methods may facilitate the pathogenic diagnosis.
Adolescent ; Brain Abscess ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Escherichia coli ; Female ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Male ; Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology* ; Retrospective Studies ; Streptococcus agalactiae ; Streptococcus pneumoniae ; Subdural Effusion ; beta-Lactamases

OBJECTIVE: To analyze characteristics and related factors of the plantar pressure during the level walking and single leg standing in the chronic ankle instability (CAI) individuals. METHODS: From April 2019, 75 CAI individuals and 40 healthy individuals were enrolled in this study. Both of the static and dynamic plantar pressure were measured during six times level walking and three times single leg standing testing. The data including peak force, time to peak force in various foot contact areas and the time to boundary (TTB) and velocity of center of pressure (COP) were measured and compared between the affected side and the unaffected side and between the CAI cases and the healthy individuals. The correlations between the plantar pressure and the gender, Beighton score, affected side and body mass index (BMI) were analyzed. RESULTS: The characteristics of plantar pressure distribution in the CAI individuals included: (1) During the level walking, the affected side showed the similar pressure contribution as the unaffected side (P>0.05). While compared with healthy individuals, there was a significantly higher peak force in the 5th metatarsal area (t=-3.86, P=0.03) of the affected side, lower peak force in the 1st (t=2.99, P=0.02), 2nd metatarsal head areas (t=2.09, P=0.01) of the affected side, medial hindfoot areas of both sides (affected, t=2.33, P=0.01; unaffected, t=3.74, P=0.02) and toes areass of both sides (affected, t=2.23, P=0.01; unaffected, t=3.28, P=0.02) and a delay to peak force in the 4th metatarsal head area (t=3.33, P=0.01) of the affected side. (2) During the single leg standing, the CAI individuals showed significantly worse balance control in the anterior/posterior direction (P < 0.05) and lateral/medial direction (P < 0.05) compared with the healthy controls, and the affected side had more severe balance control deficit in the lateral/medial direction (P < 0.05). (3) The women (P < 0.05) and the individuals with higher Beighton scores (P < 0.05) showed worse balance control deficit in the lateral/medial direction. CONCLUSION CAI individuals showed significantly a more lateral shifted plantar distribution during the level walking compared with the healthy individuals and the tendency was worse on the affected sides, and showed worse balance control in the anterior/posterior direction and lateral/medial direction during the single leg standing. The women and those with generalized ligament laxity showed significantly worse balance control.
Ankle ; Ankle Joint ; Case-Control Studies ; Female ; Foot ; Humans ; Joint Instability

Objective: To study the changes in the permeability of the blood labyrinth barrier of the aging cochlea in mice, and to establish a non-contact co-culture model of endothelial cells (EC) and pericytes (PC) to furtherly investigate the cochlear stria vascularis microvascular pericytes impact on the permeability of endothelial cells. Methods: C57BL/6J mice were divided into two groups, three months old as young group, 12 months old as senile group. Cell experiment was divided into four groups, EC group, EC+PC co-culture group, D-gal+EC group and D-gal+EC+PC co-culture group. Auditory brainstem response (auditory brain response, ABR) was used to detect the auditory function of the two groups of mice. Evans blue staining was applied to detect the permeability of the cochlear blood labyrinth barrier of the two groups of mice. Transmission electron microscopy was used to observe the ultrastructure of blood labyrinth barrier endothelial cells, pericytes and tight junctions in the two groups of mice. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression levels of tight junction proteins in the stria vascularis of the cochlea of the two groups of mice. Transwell chamber was used to detect the permeability of endothelial cells. Western blot and immunofluorescence technology were used to detect the expression level of tight junction protein on endothelial cells. SPSS 20.0 software was used to analyze the data. Results: Compared with the young group, the ABR threshold of the aging group was significantly increased, the latency of wave I was prolonged (t=10.25, P<0.01;t=5.61, P<0.05), the permeability of the cochlear blood labyrinth barrier was increased and the expression of tight junction protein on the vascular stria was decreased (P<0.05). The cochlear ultrastructure showed that the cochlear vascular stria microvascular lumen was deformed, the basement membrane thickened and the tight junction gap between endothelium enlarged. The positive rate of ECs and PCs in primary culture was more than 95%. The cells induced by 15 g/L D-gal were determined to be senescent cells. Compared with EC group, the expression of tight junction protein in endothelial cells of D-gal+EC group decreased（t=7.42，P<0.01；t=13.19，P<0.05）and the permeability increased (t=11.17, P<0.01). In the co-culture group, the expression of tight junction protein between endothelial cells in EC+PC co-culture group and D-gal+EC+PC co-culture group increased and the permeability decreased. Conclusions: In aging mice, the permeability of cochlear blood labyrinth barrier will increase and the level of tight junction protein will decrease; in aging state, cochlear vascular stria microvascular pericytes may affect endothelial cell permeability by regulating the expression of tight junction protein.
Animals ; Cochlea ; Endothelial Cells ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Pericytes ; Permeability ; Stria Vascularis ; Tight Junctions

To scientifically evaluate the intervention effect of Chinese medicine preventive administration(combined use of Huo-xiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid and Jinhao Jiere Granules) on community population in the case of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19), a large cohort, prospective, randomized, and parallel-controlled clinical study was conducted. Total 22 065 subjects were included and randomly divided into 2 groups. The non-intervention group was given health guidance only, while the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) intervention group was given two coordinated TCM in addition to health guidance. The medical instructions were as follows. Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid: oral before meals, 10 mL/time, 2 times/day, a course of 5 days. Jinhao Jiere Granules: dissolve in boiling water and take after meals, 8 g/time, 2 times/day, a course of 5 days, followed up for 14 days, respectively. The study found that with the intake of medication, the incidence rate of TCM intervention group was basically maintained at a low and continuous stable level(0.01%-0.02%), while the non-intervention group showed an overall trend of continuous growth(0.02%-0.18%) from 3 to 14 days. No suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case occurred in either group. There were 2 cases of colds in the TCM intervention group and 26 cases in the non-intervention group. The incidence of colds in the TCM intervention group was significantly lower(P<0.05) than that in the non-intervention group. In the population of 16-60 years old, the incidence rate of non-intervention and intervention groups were 0.01% and 0.25%, respectively. The difference of colds incidence between the two groups was statistically significant(P<0.05). In the population older than 60 years old, they were 0.04% and 0.21%, respectively. The incidence of colds in the non-intervention group was higher than that in the intervention group, but not reaching statistical difference. The protection rate of TCM for the whole population was 91.8%, especially for the population of age 16-60(95.0%). It was suggested that TCM intervention(combined use of Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid and Jinhao Jiere Granules) could effectively protect community residents against respiratory diseases, such as colds, which was worthy of promotion in the community. In addition, in terms of safety, the incidence of adverse events and adverse reactions in the TCM intervention group was relatively low, which was basically consistent with the drug instructions.
Adolescent ; Adult ; Betacoronavirus ; Coronavirus Infections ; drug therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Middle Aged ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral ; drug therapy ; Prospective Studies ; Young Adult

Objective To knockout the exon51 of DMD gene in HEK293T cells using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Methods Design the target sequences of sgRNA and clone them into plasmid PX459 respectively; transfer these plasmids into HEK293T cell and extract the total genome DNA; test the activity of sgRNAs with surveyor assay, choose the most efficient one in each end;construct plasmid PX459-2sgRNA and transfer it into HEK293T cells;check whether the exon51 has been knocked known with PCR and T vector sequencing. Results 50% of HEK293T cells' DMD gene exon51 were knocked out,showing a high gene editing efficiency. Conclusions We successfully establish a platform to target knockout the exon51 of DMD gene and provide an important experimental basis for the treatment of DMD and other genetic diseases.

Objective To explore the impact of polysomy of chromosome 17 on the interpretation of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status and its clinical significance in breast cancers. Methods Clincopathological data of 338 breast cancer patients were collected, and the association of clinicopathological characteristics with polysomy of chromosome 17 was analyzed.Based on the American Society of Clinical Oncology /College of American Pathologists updated recommendations of HER2 testing in breast cancer in 2013, the relationships between the copy number of centromeres on chromosome 17 (CEP17) and HER2 status, other important biological markers and clincopathological features of breast cancer were analyzed statistically.Results Immunohistochemical examination revealed that among the 338 breast cancer cases, there were 9 (2.7%) HER2-negative cases, 309 (91.4%) HER2-equivocal cases, and 20 (5.9%) HER2-positive cases.The FISH analysis showed that there were 226 (66.9%) HER2-negative cases, 13 (3.8%) HER2-equivocal cases, and 99 (29.3%) HER2-positive cases.Among the 338 breast cancer patients, 42 (12.4%) cases were identified as chromosome 17 polysomy (polysomy 17), 291 (86.1 %) cases were chromosome 17 disomy, and 5 (1.3%) cases were chromosome 17 monosomy.Polysomy 17 showed significant correlation with the intensity of HER2 protein expression (P =0.046).The HER2 FISH results and HER2 gene copy number of polysomy 17 cases showed significant differences from the non-polysomy 17 cases (P<0.001).There were no significant differences of HER2/CEP17 ratio between the polysomy 17 and non-polysomy 17 groups (P=0.930).Polysomy 17 cases showed a significant relationship with tumor grading and Ki -67 index (P<0.05), but not with the age of patient, tumor size, lymph node metastasis, ER and PR expressions, and effect evaluation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy ( P >0.05). Co nclusi ons In the breast cancer with polysomy of chromosome 17, assessment of the absolute copy number of HER2 signals is even more important, and the HER2/CEP17 ratio and HER2 protein expression levels should be comprehensively evaluated together.

Objective To explore the impact of polysomy of chromosome 17 on the interpretation of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status and its clinical significance in breast cancers. Methods Clincopathological data of 338 breast cancer patients were collected, and the association of clinicopathological characteristics with polysomy of chromosome 17 was analyzed.Based on the American Society of Clinical Oncology /College of American Pathologists updated recommendations of HER2 testing in breast cancer in 2013, the relationships between the copy number of centromeres on chromosome 17 (CEP17) and HER2 status, other important biological markers and clincopathological features of breast cancer were analyzed statistically.Results Immunohistochemical examination revealed that among the 338 breast cancer cases, there were 9 (2.7%) HER2-negative cases, 309 (91.4%) HER2-equivocal cases, and 20 (5.9%) HER2-positive cases.The FISH analysis showed that there were 226 (66.9%) HER2-negative cases, 13 (3.8%) HER2-equivocal cases, and 99 (29.3%) HER2-positive cases.Among the 338 breast cancer patients, 42 (12.4%) cases were identified as chromosome 17 polysomy (polysomy 17), 291 (86.1 %) cases were chromosome 17 disomy, and 5 (1.3%) cases were chromosome 17 monosomy.Polysomy 17 showed significant correlation with the intensity of HER2 protein expression (P =0.046).The HER2 FISH results and HER2 gene copy number of polysomy 17 cases showed significant differences from the non-polysomy 17 cases (P<0.001).There were no significant differences of HER2/CEP17 ratio between the polysomy 17 and non-polysomy 17 groups (P=0.930).Polysomy 17 cases showed a significant relationship with tumor grading and Ki -67 index (P<0.05), but not with the age of patient, tumor size, lymph node metastasis, ER and PR expressions, and effect evaluation of neoadjuvant chemotherapy ( P >0.05). Co nclusi ons In the breast cancer with polysomy of chromosome 17, assessment of the absolute copy number of HER2 signals is even more important, and the HER2/CEP17 ratio and HER2 protein expression levels should be comprehensively evaluated together.

Acupuncture Points ; Gastritis, Atrophic ; diagnosis ; therapy ; Health Planning Guidelines ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional