In order to preliminarily evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic intermuscular dissection (EID) for the treatment of rectal neuroendocrine tumors (R-NETs), a retrospective observational study was conducted on 8 consecutive patients with R-NETs confirmed by postoperative pathology at South China Hospital, Medical School, Shenzhen University from January 2022 to October 2023. The therapeutic efficacy, incidence of complications, and follow-up results were mainly analyzed. The results showed that all 8 cases achieved complete resection after EID, with operation times ranging from 40 to 90 minutes. No bleeding, perforation, fever or electrocoagulation syndrome occurred after operation. The hospital stay was 4 to 6 days. During follow-up of 3 to 24 months, there was no local recurrence or metastasis. Therefore, a preliminary conclusion can be drawn that EID is a safe and feasible treatment for R-NETs.

Argonaute proteins are active throughout the lifetime in a variety of organisms and they bind to small RNAs (sRNAs) to regulate gene expression. The Argonaute proteins of vertebrates can be classified into two clades: the Ago clade and the Piwi clade. Both clades have N, L1, L2, PAZ, MID and PIWI domains. The N domain is involved in the loading of sRNAs. L1 and L2 domains facilitate the linking between domains. The PAZ and MID domains exert functions by anchoring sRNAs. The PIWI domain of some Argonaute proteins has RNase H-like structure and exerts the endonuclease function. Ago proteins regulate gene expression at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Piwi proteins mainly exist in the germ cells, silencing transposons in different ways to keep genome integrality and regulating gene expression. In recent years, great progress has been made in Argonaute proteins in terms of the crystal structures, functions, and expression patterns. By reviewing the relevant studies, we elaborate on the structures, sRNA dependence, gene expression regulation, and biological roles of the Ago and Piwi proteins in vertebrates, aiming to clarify the roles of Argonaute proteins in epigenetic regulation and provide a reference for further research and application of these proteins.
Argonaute Proteins/chemistry* ; Animals ; Vertebrates/metabolism* ; Gene Expression Regulation ; RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism* ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Humans

Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is a major pathogen causing fatal diarrhea in suckling piglets, and there is currently a lack of effective vaccines and drugs to prevent and control the virus. The nonstructural protein 13 (NSP13) serves as a virus-coded helicase and is considered to be a crucial target for antiviral drugs, making it imperative to investigate the helicase activity of NSP13. In this study, the NSP13 gene of PDCoV was synthesized and integrated into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-28a to construct the recombinant plasmid pET-28a-NSP13. NSP13 was successfully expressed in BL21 (DE3) and subsequently purified. The study also verified the helicase activity of the purified NSP13 and explored the factors that influence this activity. The results indicated that NSP13 from PDCoV was effectively expressed in the prokaryotic system and exhibited helicase activity, capable of unwinding double-stranded DNA with a tail at the 5' end. Additionally, NSP13 demonstrated an annealing function by promoting the complementary pairing of single-stranded nucleotide chains to form double strands. The helicase activity of NSP13 was affected by metal ions, but Mg²⁺concentrations in the range of 0.5-6.0 mmol/L had no significant effect on helicase activity of NSP13. When the solution pH was in the range of 4-9, there was no difference in helicase activity. ATP concentrations in the range of 0.25-6.00 mmol/L had a weak effect on helicase activity, and NSP13 concentration ≥80 nmol/L inhibited the helicase activity. We obtained the NSP13 of PDCoV and investigated its helicase activity. These findings provided a theoretical foundation for the further research on the regulatory mechanism of NSP13 in PDCoV replication and the development of anti-coronaviral drugs.
Viral Nonstructural Proteins/metabolism* ; Escherichia coli/metabolism* ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism* ; Swine ; Animals ; DNA Helicases/metabolism* ; Genetic Vectors/metabolism*

Objective: To search for specific metabolites in the lungs of pneumonia rats fed with a high-calorie diet, as well as explore the changes in the lung metabolites of young rats treated with Yinlai Decoction (YD) and its effects on inflammation-related metabolic pathways.Methods: Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and a special high-calorie diet were used to induce Sprague Dawley (SD) rats to simulate the intestinal state of infant pneumonia. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technology (LC-MS/MS) was used to detect metabolites in each group. Supervised orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) model values were used for the detection results to find the differential metabolites. The metabolic pathways that are involved with the differential metabolites were clarified through enrichment analysis and topological analysis. Finally, the T cell receptor signaling pathway (TCR) signal conversion was analyzed by the network pharmacology method. Results: In the high-calorie diet combined with pneumonia group (M3), a total of 55 metabolites were determined to be different from the normal group (N). A total of 36 metabolites were determined to be different from those in the lung metabolites of the YD treatment group (T1). YD had a regulatory effect on glutathione metabolism, arginine and proline metabolism, ascorbic acid and aldehyde metabolism and phenylalanine metabolism. And the small molecule metabolites could act on the FYN and lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (LCK) target proteins in the TCR signaling pathway, thereby affecting the immune function of the lungs. Conclusion: A high-calorie diet can cause abnormal sphingolipid metabolism in the lungs of young rats, thereby creating chronic lung inflammation in young rats. YD has a beneficial effect when used to treat young rats with LPS-induced pneumonia fed on high-calorie diets. Its mechanisms of action may affect the body's immune pathways by regulating the oxidative stress pathway affected by glutathione metabolism.

Objective: To analyze the clinical efficacy and safety of fludarabine combined with cyclophosphamide (FC) and fludarabine and cyclophosphamide combined with rituximab (FCR) in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Methods: FCR regimen was selected as the experimental group, and FC regimen was selected as the control group. The studies were retrieved from PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CNKI, Wangfang and VIP databases by computer and the references listed in these studies were further searched. The randomized controlled trials (RCT) meeting inclusive criteria were extracted, and the quality was evaluated and cross-checked independently according to Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, and then the Meta-analysis was conducted by using StataMP 14.0 software. Results: A total of 7 studies and 1 985 patients were included. The complete remission rate and overall response rate of FCR regimen were better than those of FC regimen, and the differences were statistically significant (RR = 1.89, 95% CI 1.64-2.18, P < 0.01; RR = 1.15, 95% CI 1.10-1.21, P < 0.01). In terms of grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ adverse reactions, the neutropenia of FCR regimen was more severe than that of FC regimen, and the difference was statistically significant (RR = 1.25, 95% CI 1.01-1.55, P = 0.004). Conclusion The FCR regimen has a better clinical outcome and prognosis than the FC regimen, and is accompanied by more severe grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ neutropenia.

Objective To investigate the current status of urinary incontinence (UI) at the third trimester of pregnancy among primiparas in Guangdong Province.Methods The convenience sampling method was adopted to conduct the retrospective analysis on 714 primiparas in 3 hospitals of Guangdong Province from June 2015 to March 2016.International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short-Form Chinese was used to investigate the occurrence status of UI at the third trimester of pregnancy among primiparas.And its influencing factors were analyzed.Results Among 714 primiparas,192 cases (26.9％) developed UI during the third trimester of pregnancy,in which stress UI accounted for 67.2％ (129/192).The prepregnancy BMI and abortion had statistical difference between.the UI patients and non-UI patients (P＜0.05).The multivariate Logistic regression results showed that pre-pregnancy BMI was correlated with UI at the trimester stage of pregnancy (OR =1.077,P＜0.05).Conclusion Pre-pregnancy BMI might be an independent risk factor of UI occurrence at the third trimester of pregnancy.

Objective To explore the results of non-compliance of fluid intake in maintence hemodialysis patients.Methods The qualitative phenomenological research method was adopted in this study.Self-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 13 maintenance hemodialysis patients.Data were analyzed by content analysis.Result Four themes were extracted including allotrigeusia,have a smattering of fluid intake knowledge,self-condemned and guilty,muddling along.Conclusions Fuild restriction is the most difficuilt prescribed treatment schedule among maintence hemodialysis patients.Nurses should pay attention to those people and provide multilevel,continual,individual and comprehensive measures.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have gradually become a research hotspot in recent years. The abnormal expression of some lncRNAs has been proven to promote tumorigenesis and progression. Among the lncRNAs, metastasis-associated lung adenocar-cinoma transcript 1 (MALAT-1) has attracted considerable attention in various tumor studies, particularly lung cancer. Therefore, the mechanism in which MALAT-1 regulates the cellular activities of tumors should be analyzed. This review mainly discusses the molecu-lar structure, biological function, and role of MALAT-1 in regulating cell proliferation, tumor metastasis, cell cycle, apoptosis, and so on. Furthermore, the role of MALAT-1 in epigenetic regulation is appropriately illustrated to provide a novel perspective in literature on the prevention and treatment of tumors.

Objective To study the impact of medicine retention time and the therapeutic effect to the chronic renal failure by retention enema with Chinese traditional Medicine at different hour.Methods Totals of 60 patients with chronic renal failure disease were randomly divided into observation group (n=30)and control group (n=30).The observation group adopted enema at 7:00-9:00, and the control group adopted enema at routine hour ( 19:00 -21:00 ) .Following items were observed and compared between two groups: subjective feeling, adverse reflection, defecating ratio before enema, the appetency of defecating after enema, medicine retention time after enema, the Scr before and after enema, the change of BUN and Ua.The observation period was 30 days ( one period of the treatment) .Results Compared with the control group, the adverse reflection, such as bellyache, abdominal distension, anus ache, downfallen pressure feeling at anus were significantly relieved in observation group (P<0.05).The times & severity of the appetency of defecating after enema in observation group was reduced apparently than that in control group (P<0.05).The average defecating ratio before enema in observation group was significantly improved (83.3%vs 20.0%;χ2 =79.452,P<0.01).The retention time in observation group was ( 324.12 ±129.47 ) min, and that in control group was ( 225.32 ± 104.21)min,and the difference was statistically significant (t=4.605,P<0.01).The blood BUN, Scr, Ua were down after enema in both groups, but the improvement in observation group was significantly better than that in the control group (P <0.05).Conclusions By practicing retention enema with Chinese traditional Medicine at 7:00-9:00, the medicine retention time in intestines can be extended, and the therapeutic effect to the chronic renal failure can be improved.