Objective:To investigate the effects of compound Duzhong Jiangu Granules on joint function and gut microbiota in patients with Kashin-Beck disease.Methods:A single group pre- and post-experimental design was conducted, the patients with Kashin-Beck disease were selected as the subjects in Xunyi County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province; and treated with oral administration of compound Duzhong Jiangu Granules (12 g/bag, 1 bag/time, 3 times/day) for a period of 1 month. The improvement of joint function was evaluated using the joint dysfunction index scoring method before and after treatment. Morning stool samples of patients were collected and the changes in gut microbiota were analyzed before and after treatment using 16S rDNA sequencing technology.Results:A total of 87 patients with Kashin-Beck disease were included, including 44 males and 43 females; the age was (60.38 ± 7.12) years old, and the body mass index was (23.67 ± 3.59) kg/m 2. The comprehensive scores of joint dysfunction index for patients with Kashin-Beck disease before and after treatment were (7.27 ± 2.05) and (5.86 ± 2.01) points, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant ( t = 5.88, P < 0.001). The sequencing results of gut microbiota showed that there were statistically significant differences in the alpha diversity (chao1, observed species index) and beta diversity of gut microbiota in patients with Kashin-Beck disease before and after treatment ( Z = - 5.08, - 5.03, R = 0.09, P < 0.001). In the distribution of gut microbiota, Firmicutes was the dominant phylum, with relative abundances of 50.21% and 52.09% before and after treatment, respectively; the Bifidobacterium was the dominant bacterial genus, with relative abundances of 16.83% and 18.81% before and after treatment, respectively. At the genus level, a total of 17 gut microbiota genera were screened out, among which the relative abundances of Hafnia-Obesumbacterium, Gammaproteobacteria_unclassified, Acinetobacter, Pantoea, Leuconostoc, and Akkermanisia were significantly higher than before treatment ( Z = - 2.40, - 2.24, - 2.06, - 3.59, - 2.24, - 2.11, P < 0.05). The relative abundances of Dubosiella, Selenomonas, Anaeroplasma, Lachnospiraceae_ NK4A136_group, Rikenella, Prevotella, Megasphaera, Lactobacillus, Prevotella-9, Phascolarctobacterium, and Desulfovibrio were significantly lower than before treatment ( Z = - 9.38, - 2.61, - 2.18, - 8.43, - 2.45, - 2.46, - 2.49, - 7.29, - 2.29, - 2.55, - 2.08, P < 0.05). Conclusions:Compound Duzhong Jiangu Granules can effectively improve the joint function of patients with Kashin-Beck disease, and alter the diversity and richness of the gut microbiota community. It may reduce clinical symptoms in patients by regulating the structure of gut microbiota.

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ozone injection therapy for lumbar disc hemiation(LDH).Methods A computerized retrieval of academic papers concerning the randomized controlled trial(RCT)on ozone injection therapy for LDH from the databases of Embase,PubMed,Cochrane library and Web of science was conducted.The retrieval time period was from the establishment of the database to February 2023.The literature retrieval,screening,and data extraction were independently performed by two researchers.Cochrane bias risk assessment tool was used to assess the quality of the included literature.Stata 17.0 software was used to make meta-analysis.Results A total of 9 RCTs including 702 patients were finally included in this study.The results of meta-analysis showed that compared with radiofrequency thermocoagulation,percutaneous rotation and other treatments for LDH,the combination use of ozone injection could signifiicantly improve the effective rate based on Macnab efficacy evaluation criteria(RR=1.097,95％CI:1.038～1.159,P=0.001)and the excellent rate(RR=1.185～95％CI:1.074～1.309,P=0.001),and decrease the visual analog scale(VAS)pain score(WMD=-0.810～95％CI:-1.205～-0.414,P=0.000),and the differences in the above indexes were statistically significant.Conclusion Compared with the simple use of radiofrequency thermocoagulation,percutaneous rotation,and other treatment for LDH,the combination use of ozone injection therapy can significantly improve the effective rate and excellent rate based on Macnab efficacy evaluation criteria,decrease VAS score,with a high clinical safety.Limited by the quantity and quality of the original studies included in this study,the above conclusions need to be further verified by multi-center,large-sample and high-quality studies.

Objective:To investigate the feasibility of deep learning radiomics model in the prediction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) response in breast cancer based on ultrasound images at an early stage.Methods:Between January 2018 and June 2021, 218 patients with breast cancer who underwent NAC were enrolled in the retrospective study. All patients received a full cycle of NAC before surgery and underwent standard ultrasound examination before NAC and after the second cycles of NAC. Of all the patients, 166 patients came from institution 1 (the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University) were allocated into a primary cohort.Based on the architecture of Resnet 50 convolutional neural, a deep learning prediction model was built.Further validation was performed in an external testing cohort ( n=52) from institution 2 (General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command, PLA). The clinical model was constructed using independent clinical variables. To evaluate the predictive performance, areas under the curve (AUCs) of these models and two radiologists were compared by using the DeLong method. Results:The Resnet 50 model predicted the response of NAC with accuracy. The deep learning model, achieving an AUC of 0.923 (95% CI=0.884-0.962) in the primary cohort and an AUC of 0.896 (95% CI=0.807-0.980) in the test cohort, outperformed the clinical model and also performed better than two radiologists′ prediction (all P<0.05). Furthermore, the two radiologists achieved a better predictive efficacy (AUC 0.832 and 0.808 for radiologists 1 and 2, respectively) when assisted by the DL model (all P<0.01). Conclusions:The deep learning radiomics model is able to predict therapy response in the early-stage of NAC for breast cancer patients, which could guide clinicians and provide benefit for timely treatment strategy adjustment.

Depression disorder(DD)is one of the major mental health problems worldwide,and special nutrients such as amino acids,vitamins,fatty acids,probiotics,etc.can affect the emotional state and disease prognosis of DD patients.Amino acids such as tryptophan and S-adenosylmethionine have been shown to improve stress levels in DD patients through various mechanisms,including vitamin B and vitamin C,while unsaturated fatty acids and probiotics have also been shown to have the same effect.This article reviews the mechanisms by which these nutrients improve DD,with the aim of providing new clues for treatment of DD.

Objective To investigate the effect of SP600125 on the proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis and invasion of human cervical cancer HeLa cells. Methods CCK-8 method was used to detect the proliferation of HeLa cells treated with different concentrations of SP600125 at different time points. The 20 μmol/L of SP600125 was determined for subsequent experiments. Cell proliferation ability was detected using plate clone formation assay; nuclear morphology was observed by DAPI staining; cell cycle and apoptosis were measured by flow cytometry; cell migration and invasion were detected by cell scratch and Transwell methods; the mRNA and protein levels of p53, Mad2L1 and CDC20 were measured by qRT-PCR and Western blot after SP600125 treatment at different time points. Results Compared with control group (0.1%DMSO), cells proliferative activity were reduced by 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 μmol/L SP600125 treatment for 24h. Compared with control group, the rate of apoptosis was significantly increased in SP600125 treatment groups, and the cell proportion in G₂/M phase increased (P < 0.001), while the cell proportion in G₀/G₁ phases cells was reduced after SP600125 treatment for 24h and 48h (P < 0.001), and the clonal number, migration and invasion ability of HeLa cells also decreased significantly (P < 0.001). qRT-PCR and Western blot results showed a significant decrease in Mad2L1 mRNA and protein expression (P < 0.05) and a significant increase in p53 and CDC20 mRNA and protein expression (P < 0.01). Conclusion SP600125 can induce cell cycle arrest of cervical cancer HeLa cells in G₂/M phase by upregulating p53 and CDC20 and downregulating Mad2L1 expression, and promote cell apoptosis to inhibit cell proliferation, migration and invasion.

Objective To study influencing factors of renal blunt impact injury by using finite element (FE) method. Methods Based on CT images of the kidney, the kidney FE models for different age groups were constructed. The renal blunt impact test was reconstructed, and the influence of kidney material constitutive parameters, kidney tissue structure, kidney size, impact position and impact velocity on injury severity were analyzed. Results Under the same impact condition, the stress of renal cortex decreased with the kidney mass increasing, and increased with the impact velocity of the hammer increasing. The renal capsule had a certain energy absorption effect, so as to reduce the kidney stress. When the kidney was impacted, the stress of renal cortex under side impact was significantly higher than that under frontal impact. Conclusions Compared with viscoelastic constitutive model, Mooney Rivlin material constitutive model is more suitable for FE evaluation on renal injury severity. The renal injury decreases with the kidney mass increasing. The increase of impact velocity will intensify the renal injury severity. Renal capsule will reduce renal injury to a certain extent, so the existence of renal capsule structure must be considered in FE modeling of the kidney. Compared with frontal and rear impact, the renal injury severity is greater when the kidney is impacted from the lateral side.

Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Infliximab (IFX) in pediatric Crohn′s disease (CD).Methods:The efficacy of IFX therapy in 30 patients suffering from active CD who were not completely improved with traditional medicine and enteral nutrition or had intolerance to the medicine in Beijing Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from December 2014 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed.Pediatric Crohn′s Disease Activity Index (PCDAI), blood biochemistry indices, mucosal healing, nutritional status, and adverse reactions were compared and evaluated.Results:Thirty active CD cases, with 18 males and 12 females, were enrolled, and the average age was (8.63±4.76) years old.Three cases who didn′t complete 3 times of IFX injection and 1 case who lost to be followed up were excluded.A total of 26 cases of CD in active period were enrolled in this study on efficacy.The clinical remission and response rate of 26 cases were 61.5% and 84.6%, respectively, at 14-week of IFX therapy.The clinical remission and response rate of 21 cases were 71.4% and 85.7%, respectively, at 30-week.The clinical remission and response rate of 15 cases were 86.7% and 93.3%, respectively, at 54-week.At week 14 th, PCDAI score [(9.56±8.05) scores vs.(29.02±10.86) scores] decreased compared with before treatment ( t=7.339, P<0.05). The levels of erythrocyte sedimentation rate [(15.54±10.26) mm/1 h vs.(33.77±21.30) mm/1 h] and C-reactive protein [(4.79±12.94 ) mg/L vs.(16.33±23.43) mg/L] were obviously decreased, and the hemoglobin [(126.27±16.51) g/L vs.(110.58±16.45) g/L], hematocrit [(37.03±3.95)% vs.(33.52±4.32)%], and albumin levels [(42.30±3.03) g/L vs.(37.13±5.68) g/L] were remarkably increased compared with those before treatment ( t=3.932, 1.993, -3.398, -3.060, -4.009, all P<0.05). Height for age Z score and body mass index Z score were increased after IFX treatment, without statistically significant differences (all P>0.05). Conclusions:IFX therapy had good clinical efficacy in controlling inflammatorys and inducing clinical remission in pediatric CD.

Objective:To investigate endoscopic and clinical characteristics of intestinal Behcet′s disease (BD) in children.Methods:General information, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, imaging examinations and endoscopic characteristics of 14 children with intestinal BD treated in the Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from January 2016 to March 2020 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:Fourteen children with intestinal BD were recruited, involving 5 males and 9 females with the age of 1 month to 12 years and 11 months [(6.68±3.73) years old], and a median disease course of 6 months.All of them had gastrointestinal symptoms, including 11 cases with abdominal pain, 7 cases with diarrhea and 2 cases with vomiting.Complications of children with intestinal BD included gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal perforation and stenosis.Extragastrointestinal symptoms included recurrent oral aphthosis in all the 14 cases, fever in 11 cases, skin lesions in 9 cases, vascular manifestations in 8 cases, positive pathergy test in 6 cases, joint manifestations in 5 cases, neurological manifestations in 1 case, and malnutrition in 6 cases.Observed by the endoscopy, lesions were mainly distributed in the distal ileum [61.5%(8/13 cases)]and ileocecal part[53.8%(7/13 cases)], with the main manifestation of ulcer.There were 3 cases with single ulcer and 10 cases with multiple ulcers, including 7 cases with deep and large ulcers.Pathological examinations of endoscopic lesions showed that the main features were mucosa chronic nonspecific inflammation, mucosa chronic active inflammation with ulcer and vasculitis.Conclusions:Clinical manifestations of intestinal BD vary a lot and are non-specific.Some children with intestinal BD may develop severe complications.Endoscopic lesions of intestinal BD have certain characteristics, which contribute to the diagnosis.Gastroenterologists need to be fully aware of intestinal BD.

Objective:To investigate the effectiveness of radiomics model based on preoperative ultrasound in predicting disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) from multicenter data.Methods:A total of 418 patients with TNBC between July 2012 and December 2016 were consecutively recruited for this study from three different institutions including the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine and General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command. In the training cohort ( n=271) from institution 1(the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University), least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) logistic regression algorithm was employed to select recurrence-related radiomics features and build a signature derived from the grayscale US images. The relationship between the radiomics score (Rad-score) and DFS was evaluated. Univariate and multivariate cox regression were utilized to identify the significant radiomics features and clinical-pathologic variables, which were integrated into a radiomics nomogram. An independent external cohort ( n=147) from the other two institutions was validated for evaluating the calibration and discrimination of the predictive nomogram. Results:Higher Rad-score was an independent risk predictor of worse DFS in two cohorts (both P<0.05). The radiomics model, comprising axillary lymph node status, Ki-67 index and radiomics signature, showed better prognostic performance ( P<0.01) than those of the clinical-pathologic model or tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging system with the concordance index (C-index) of 0.75 (95% CI=0.72-0.78) and 0.73(95% CI=0.71-0.75) in the training and validation cohorts respectively. Furthermore, the calibration curves achieved satisfactory agreement and the decision curves further confirmed the clinical utility of the radiomics nomogram. Conclusions:The US-based radiomics signature is a powerful predictor for the assessment of DFS in patients with TNBC. Moreover, the proposed radiomics model integrating the optimal radiomics signature and clinical-pathologic data could improve personalized DFS estimation.

Objective:To investigate the status of height and weight of 3-18-year-old children and adolescents in urban China, and to provide a basis for establishing puberty phase specific curves for age-specific height and age-specific weight.Methods:A cross-sectional survey of 218 185 children and adolescents aged 3-18 years in urban China was conducted by using the method of stratified random cluster sampling from January 2017 to December 2019. The sampling areas included 12 provinces municipalities in China and autonomous regions in total. Data were collected on weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference and secondary sexual characteristics. The generalized additive model for location, scale, and shape (GAMLSS) was employed to establish percentile reference values and growth curves of height and weight for boys and girls aged 3-18 years. Wilcoxon rank sum test was applied to compare the P 50 value of height and weight between children of each Tanner stage and children of the same age ignoring the different puberty phase. Results:The 3rd, 50th, and 97th percentile curves for height and weight for age were developed for boys and girls aged 3-18 years. The 3rd, 50th, and 97th percentile curves for age-specific height and age-specific weight for each puberty phase were developed for boys and girls. Compared with all children ignoring the different puberty phase, boys aged 9 and over and girls aged 7 and over who are at Tanner stage 1 showed shorter height and lighter weight than those of the same age group (all P<0.01), the difference ranges of height at P 50 are -4.0 to -0.6 cm for boys, and -4.4 to 0.5 cm for girls; the difference ranges of weight are -4.8 to 0.4 kg for boys, and -4.0 to -0.3 kg for girls; children at Tanner stage 2 & 3 initially were taller and heavier than those of the same age group; and later grew shorter and lighter than those of the same age group, the two sets of curves cross over; boys aged 16 and under and girl aged under 14 who are at Tanner stage 4 were taller and heavier than those of the same age group (all P<0.01), the difference ranges of height at P 50 are 0.2 to 10.0 cm for boys, and 0.2 to 9.4 cm for girls; the difference ranges of weight at P 50 are 0.7 to 10.9 kg for boys, and 1.0 to 11.2 kg for girls, and the differences showed narrowing trend with age. Conclusion:The puberty phase specific growth curves of age-specific height and age-specific weight for boys and girls aged 3-18 years are established, it is useful for clinical work to evaluate physical development of children at different puberty phases.