Background Microparticles (MPs) are one of the main medium of inflammatory reaction with an important role in atherosclerotic progression. Studies on association of air pollution exposure and levels of peripheral blood MPs are limited among human. Objective To evaluate the effects of short-term exposure to air pollution on levels of peripheral blood MPs. Method A panel of 73 healthy adults was followed with 4 repeated follow-ups in Beijing, China, from November 2014 to January 2016. During each visit, we collected questionnaire information, fasting venous blood, urine, and exposures to fine particulate matter (PM_2.5), black carbon, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone. We used linear mixed-effect models to analyze associations of air pollution exposure with levels of total MPs (TMPs) and MPs derived from various cells. Stratified analysis was conducted by levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and malondialdehyde (MDA). Results The results showed significant associations between air pollution exposure and peripheral blood TMPs at 2 h-6 d prior to the follow-ups (P<0.05), while no statistical associations were found for MPs derived from different cell types. Significant increases in TMPs of 7.8% (95%CI: 0.7%, 15.3%) and 14.3% (95%CI: 2.8%, 27.2%) were observed with each interquartile range (IQR) increase in PM_2.5 (IQR=64.9 μg·m⁻³) at prior 18 h and NO (IQR=40.5 μg·m⁻³) at prior 48 h. Among participants with low levels of CRP and MDA, significantly positive associations were observed between air pollution exposure and levels of TMPs (P<0.05). Conclusion Short-term exposure to air pollution is significantly associated with increased levels of circulating MPs in healthy adults, and in people with lower systemic inflammation, peripheral blood MPs levels are more easily affected after exposure to air pollutants.

OBJECTIVE To observe the expressions of microribonucleic acid(miR)-155,miR-141,interleukin(IL)-22 and IL-17 in peripheral blood of the chronic renal failure(CRF)and hemodialysis(HD)patients compli-cated with hospital-associated infections and analyze the clinical treatment outcomes.METHODS A total of 561 CRF patients who underwent HD in Wuhan First Hospital from Jun.2022 to Jun.2023 were enrolled in the study and were divided into the infection group with 182 cases and the non-infection group with 379 cases according to the status of hospital-associated infections.The patients of the infection group were divided into the survival group with 138 cases and the death group with 44 cases according to the clinical therapeutic outcomes of a 6-month fol-low-up.The distribution of pathogens isolated from the CRF HD patients with hospital-associated infections was analyzed,the clinical data were compared between the infection group and the non-infection group;the levels of serum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 were observed and compared among the groups.The values of the se-rologic markers in prediction of the clinical therapeutic outcomes of the CRF HD patients with hospital-associat-ed infections were analyzed by receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves.RESULTS The proportions of pa-tients with no less than 1 year of hemodialysis,femoral venous catheter indwelling and long-term catheter indwell-ing were higher in the infection group than those in the non-infection group(P＜0.05).Totally 202 strains of pathogens were isolated from the infection group,125(61.88％)of which were gram-negative bacteria.There were significant differences in the levels of serum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 between the infection group and the no infection group(P＜0.05),the biomarker with the greatest difference value was miR-141(t=37.145,P＜0.001).As compared with the patients with different therapeutic outcomes in the infection group,there were significant differences in the levels of serum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 between the survival group and the death group(P＜0.05),and the index with the greatest difference value was IL-17(t=35.848,P＜0.001).The values of the four markers in prediction of the therapeutic outcomes of the CRF HD patients compli-cated with hospital-associated infections were analyzed by ROC curves,and the area under the curve(AUC)of the joint detection 0.922 was the highest(P＜0.05).CONCLUSIONS The gram-negative bacteria are dominant among the pathogens isolated from the CRF HD patients complicated with hospital-associated infections.The levels of se-rum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 are elevated with the incidence of infections and deterioration of progno-sis.The joint detection of the markers has high predictive value.

Objective:To study the correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators.Methods:From June 2017 to July 2018, a simple random sampling method was used to select administrative villages (communities) from 88 counties (cities, districts) in Guizhou Province with a sampling size greater than 5%. One drinking water sample was collected from each administrative village (community), and conventional water quality indicators (including fluorine, aluminum, mercury, selenium, sulfate, total dissolved solids and total hardness) were tested in accordance with the methods outlined in the "Standards for Drinking Water Quality" (GB 5749-2006). The cerium sulfate catalytic spectrophotometric method was employed to test drinking water iodine level. Spearman method was utilized to analyze the correlation between iodine level in drinking water and conventional water quality indicators.Results:A total of 904 drinking water samples were tested, with a median iodine level of 1.90 μg/L and a range of 0.10 - 36.70 μg/L. There were 899 administrative villages (communities) with a water iodine level of less than 10 μg/L, accounting for 99.45%. There were only 5 administrative villages (communities) with a water iodine level of greater than 10 μg/L, accounting for 0.55%. Correlation analysis revealed that in Guizhou Province, the iodine level in drinking water was positively correlated with the levels of fluorine, aluminum, sulfate, total dissolved solids, and total hardness [correlation coefficients ( r) = 0.11, 0.07, 0.07, 0.08, 0.07, P < 0.05], and was a negatively correlated with mercury and selenium levels ( r = - 0.12, - 0.12, P < 0.001). Conclusions:External environment in Guizhou Province is generally deficient in iodine. The iodine level in drinking water is positively correlated with the levels of fluorine, aluminum, sulfate, total dissolved solids, and total hardness, and negatively correlated with the levels of mercury and selenium.

Objective:To investigate the distribution of iodine in drinking water in external environment and the iodine nutrition status of key population in Guizhou Province, and to provide a basis for further precise implementation of prevention and control strategy of "adapting to local conditions, providing classified guidance, and scientifically supplementing iodine".Methods:From April to September 2023, a survey on the iodine level of residents' drinking water was conducted in administrative villages (neighborhood committees, hereafter referred to as administrative village) in 88 counties (districts) of 9 cities (prefectures) in Guizhou Province. At the same time, one township (town) was selected from each of the five districts of east, west, south, north and center of each county (district). From each township (town), 40 non-boarding students aged 8 - 10 years old from one primary school and 20 pregnant women were selected. Household edible salt sample and once random urine sample were collected for detection of salt iodine and urinary iodine levels.Results:The survey covered 16 492 administrative villages in 1 481 townships (towns), 88 counties (districts), 9 cities (prefectures) throughout the province. A total of 51 531 samples of residents' drinking water were collected, with a median water iodine level of 1.50 μg/L and a range of 0.01 - 98.70 μg/L. Among them, there were 16 284, 208, and 0 administrative villages with median water iodine levels < 10, 10 - < 40, and 40 - 100 μg/L, respectively, accounting for 98.74%, 1.26%, and 0, respectively. A total of 26 491 samples of household edible salt were collected from children and pregnant women, with a median salt iodine levels of 27.6 mg/kg. The coverage rate of iodized salt was 99.6% (26 395/26 491), and the qualified iodized salt consumption rate was 97.0% (25 708/26 491). And 17 657 urine samples from children and 8 834 urine samples from pregnant women were collected, with median urinary iodine levels of 222.1 and 164.4 μg/L, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in urinary iodine levels among children of different genders and ages ( Z = - 6.08, H = 19.17, P < 0.001). The results of correlation analysis showed that there was no correlation between urinary iodine of children and pregnant women and water iodine ( r = 0.01 0.02, P > 0.05), while urinary iodine of pregnant women was positively correlated with salt iodine ( r = 0.02, P = 0.041). Conclusions:The external environment of Guizhou Province is generally deficient in iodine. Under the universal salt iodization policy, children have sufficient iodine nutrition, and pregnant women have an appropriate level of iodine nutrition. Comprehensive prevention and control measures, mainly based on universal salt iodization, should be continuously carried out to eliminate the harm of iodine deficiency.

Portal vein tumor thrombus(PVTT)is a common manifestation of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),associated with poor prognosis and significant treatment challenges.Although various therapeutic options-including surgery,systemic therapies,and local treatments such as interventional procedures and radiotherapy-are available for HCC with PVTT,monotherapies often yield limited efficacy,highlighting the need for combined treatment strategies.With the advancement of radiotherapy technologies,stereotactic body radiation therapy(SBRT)has gained increasing recognition due to its high precision,ablative doses,and fewer treatment fractions.SBRT plays a crucial role in palliative care,conversion therapy,neoadjuvant,and adjuvant settings.Recent studies have demonstrated that SBRT,either alone or in combination with other modalities,significantly improves overall survival and local control rates in patients with HCC and PVTT.This review summarizes the current research progress of SBRT in the management of HCC with PVTT,emphasizing both monotherapy and combined approaches with surgery,interventional therapy,targeted agents,and immunotherapy,aiming to provide insights for clinical decision-making.

OBJECTIVE To observe the expressions of microribonucleic acid(miR)-155,miR-141,interleukin(IL)-22 and IL-17 in peripheral blood of the chronic renal failure(CRF)and hemodialysis(HD)patients compli-cated with hospital-associated infections and analyze the clinical treatment outcomes.METHODS A total of 561 CRF patients who underwent HD in Wuhan First Hospital from Jun.2022 to Jun.2023 were enrolled in the study and were divided into the infection group with 182 cases and the non-infection group with 379 cases according to the status of hospital-associated infections.The patients of the infection group were divided into the survival group with 138 cases and the death group with 44 cases according to the clinical therapeutic outcomes of a 6-month fol-low-up.The distribution of pathogens isolated from the CRF HD patients with hospital-associated infections was analyzed,the clinical data were compared between the infection group and the non-infection group;the levels of serum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 were observed and compared among the groups.The values of the se-rologic markers in prediction of the clinical therapeutic outcomes of the CRF HD patients with hospital-associat-ed infections were analyzed by receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves.RESULTS The proportions of pa-tients with no less than 1 year of hemodialysis,femoral venous catheter indwelling and long-term catheter indwell-ing were higher in the infection group than those in the non-infection group(P＜0.05).Totally 202 strains of pathogens were isolated from the infection group,125(61.88％)of which were gram-negative bacteria.There were significant differences in the levels of serum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 between the infection group and the no infection group(P＜0.05),the biomarker with the greatest difference value was miR-141(t=37.145,P＜0.001).As compared with the patients with different therapeutic outcomes in the infection group,there were significant differences in the levels of serum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 between the survival group and the death group(P＜0.05),and the index with the greatest difference value was IL-17(t=35.848,P＜0.001).The values of the four markers in prediction of the therapeutic outcomes of the CRF HD patients compli-cated with hospital-associated infections were analyzed by ROC curves,and the area under the curve(AUC)of the joint detection 0.922 was the highest(P＜0.05).CONCLUSIONS The gram-negative bacteria are dominant among the pathogens isolated from the CRF HD patients complicated with hospital-associated infections.The levels of se-rum miR-155,miR-141,IL-22 and IL-17 are elevated with the incidence of infections and deterioration of progno-sis.The joint detection of the markers has high predictive value.

Portal vein tumor thrombus(PVTT)is a common manifestation of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),associated with poor prognosis and significant treatment challenges.Although various therapeutic options-including surgery,systemic therapies,and local treatments such as interventional procedures and radiotherapy-are available for HCC with PVTT,monotherapies often yield limited efficacy,highlighting the need for combined treatment strategies.With the advancement of radiotherapy technologies,stereotactic body radiation therapy(SBRT)has gained increasing recognition due to its high precision,ablative doses,and fewer treatment fractions.SBRT plays a crucial role in palliative care,conversion therapy,neoadjuvant,and adjuvant settings.Recent studies have demonstrated that SBRT,either alone or in combination with other modalities,significantly improves overall survival and local control rates in patients with HCC and PVTT.This review summarizes the current research progress of SBRT in the management of HCC with PVTT,emphasizing both monotherapy and combined approaches with surgery,interventional therapy,targeted agents,and immunotherapy,aiming to provide insights for clinical decision-making.

Objective:The greater tuberosity angle(GTA)and critical shoulder angle(CSA)are commonly referred to as radiographic markers which were used to described morphology of the greater tu-berosity and acromion respectively.At present,most international studies focus on the correlation be-tween the above two parameters and rotator cuff tears(RCTs),and their diagnostic value and risk assess-ment.This study attempts to find out the trend of GTA and CSA changes and risk threshold of RCTs,as well as the protective factors and risk factors.Methods:In this study,130 individuals from May 2019 to December 2020 were recruited.According to Southern California Orthopedic Institute(SCOI)classifica-tion,the individuals were divided into four groups retrospectively:Group A,negative control group;Group B,partial tears(articular side);Group C,partial tears(bursal side);Group D,full-thickness tears.GTA and CSA were measured respectively on true anteroposterior position X-ray of shoulder with arm in neutral rotation and performed by the same trained technician team in single-blind.The correla-tions between RCTs and relevant factors were analyzed.Results:According to the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve(AUC),GTA and CSA of RCTs(Groups B,C and D)were 0.736 and 0.673 with 95％confidence interval(CI),the cut-off value of GTA and CSA of RCTs were 70.5° and 39.5° respectively.Comparing with the control group,RCTs groups had significant statistical differences in age and body mass index(BMI)(P＜0.05),especially the full-thickness RCTs(Group D),which was older than Groups A,B and C(P＜0.05,cut-off value:56.5 years old)and shorter than Groups A and B(P＜0.05,cut-off value:1.58 m).Analyzed from scatter plot and regression analysis,there was no linear correlation between GTA and CSA.There were no significant differences in gender,dominant shoulders and smoking between the RCTs groups and the control group(P＞0.05).Conclusion:Larger GTA(＞70.5°)and CSA(＞39.5°)would be highly predictive in diagnosing RCTs without linear cor-relation,and GTA has a higher diagnostic value in contrast.Subacromial impingement and shoulder de-generation occurred before RCTs.Patients with age＞56.5 years and height＜1.58 m were more likely to develop disease of full-thickness RCTs and no statistic differences in weight and BMI.Gender,domi-nant shoulder and smoking were neither risk factors nor protective factors.

To analyze the epidemic characteristics and vaccination status of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Baoji City from 2008 to 2023. The descriptive epidemiological method was used to collect the incidence data of HFRS cases in Baoji City from 2008 to 2003 in the Infectious Disease Reporting Information Management System. The epidemic characteristics of HFRS cases were summarized and analyzed. The data on HFRS vaccination from 2008 to 2023 were consulted through the Baoji Hemorrhagic Fever Vaccination Report, and the relationship between vaccination status and reported incidence was analyzed. The results showed that a total of 2 690 cases of HFRS were reported in Baoji City, with an annual average reported incidence rate of 6.94/100 000, 15 cases died and a case fatality rate of 0.41%. The number of reported HFRS cases showed a fluctuating trend, with a peak in 2011-2013. Since 2016, it entered a low-level stable fluctuation period, and the annual mortality rate dropped to below 1% after 2011. From 2008 to 2023, Fufeng County, Meixian County and Chencang District reported a large number of cases, but Linyou County and other counties in the north showed an upward trend in incidence, with obvious seasonal characteristics. Cases were mainly concentrated from October to January of the following year, accounting for 75.91% of the total number of cases. Farmers were the main reported occupations, accounting for 80.19% of the total number of cases. The ratio of male to female reported cases was 3.30∶1. The age group of 35-59 years old accounted for 51.08% of the cases, and the proportion of the age group of 60 years and above showed an upward trend ( χ2=331.44, P<0.001). From 2008 to 2023, a total of 1 559 619 people were vaccinated, and the vaccination rate of the target population aged 16-60 years reached 72.23%. With the increase in the vaccination rate, the incidence of HFRS continued to decrease. In summary, with the development of HFRS vaccination work, the epidemic characteristics of HFRS in Baoji City have changed, and the peak incidence has been controlled. The proportion of cases in the age group of 60 years and above continues to increase. HFRS vaccination is still an effective way of prevention and control, and vaccination strategies should be continuously optimized according to the characteristics of HFRS.

Objective To explore the clinical safety of plasma exchange(PE)combined with early continuous renal replacement therapy(CRRT)and its effects on coagulation and immune functions in patients with polytrauma and hypermyoglobinemia.Methods A non-randomized controlled study was conducted on 60 patients with severe polytrauma and myoglobinemia hospitalized in our department from January 2021 to December 2024.Based on different blood purification,the patients were divided a control group(CRRT)combined with conventional basic treatment,n=30)and an observation group(PE+CRRT and conventional basic treatment,n=30).Biochemical indicators(myoglobin,Mb),inflammation-related indicators,peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets,coagulation indicators,clinical-related indicators,and scores were observed and compared between the 2 groups before and after treatment.Results After 1,2 and 3 d of treatment,the levels of Mb,creatine kinase(CK),creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme(CK-MB),lactate dehydrogenase(LDH),serum creatinine(SCr),blood urea nitrogen(BUN),K+,C-reactive protein(CRP),procalcitonin(PCT),IL-6 and D-dimer(D-D),and white blood cell(WBC)count were significantly decreased in both groups(P<0.05).Among them,the observation group obtained obviously lower levels of all above indicators than the control group at the 3 time points(P<0.05).Additionally,notably shorter average length of total hospital stay,shorter average length of trauma intensive care unit stay,and lower score of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ(APACHEⅡ)was observed in the observation group than the control group(P<0.05).There were no statistical differences in coagulation function indicators or T lymphocyte subsets between the 2 groups.No complications occurred.Conclusion For patients with polytrauma and hypermyoglobinemia,early application of PE+CRRT can effectively reduce serum myoglobin level,improve serum biochemical inicators,renal function and inflammatory status,and maintain homeostasis,but shows no effect on immune or coagulation functions.This approach is worthy of promoting in clinical practice.