Despite therapy with potent antiviral agents, chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients remain at high risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While metabolites have been rediscovered as active drivers of biological processes including carcinogenesis, the specific metabolites modulating HCC risk in CHB patients are largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that baseline plasma from CHB patients who later developed HCC during follow-up exhibits growth-promoting properties in a case-control design nested within a large-scale, prospective cohort. Metabolomics analysis reveals a reduction in long-chain acylcarnitines (LCACs) in the baseline plasma of patients with HCC development. LCACs preferentially inhibit the proliferation of HCC cells in vitro at a physiological concentration and prevent the occurrence of HCC in vivo without hepatorenal toxicity. Uptake and metabolism of circulating LCACs increase the intracellular level of acetyl coenzyme A, which upregulates histone H3 Lys14 acetylation at the promoter region of KLF6 gene and thereby activates KLF6/p21 pathway. Indeed, blocking LCAC metabolism attenuates the difference in KLF6/p21 expression induced by baseline plasma of HCC/non-HCC patients. The deficiency of circulating LCACs represents a driver of HCC in CHB patients with viral control. These insights provide a promising direction for developing therapeutic strategies to reduce HCC risk further in the antiviral era.

Objective To investigate the impact of ultrasound intervention combined with tripterygium for ovarian endometriosis cyst(OEC)on the ovarian function of patients.Methods The clinical data of 107 patients with clinically-conformed OEC,who received treatment at the Yuyao Municipal People's Hospital of China from December 2022 to June 2024,were retrospectively analyzed.According to different treatment methods,the patients were divided into control group(n=53)and observation group(n=54).The patients of control group were treated with laparoscopic cystectomy,while the patients of observation group were treated with ultrasound intervention combined with tripterygium therapy.The uterine artery blood flow parameters,sex hormone levels,tumor marker levels,ovarian reserve function were compared between the two groups.Results After treatment,uterine artery blood flow parameters were decreased in both groups,the levels of uterine artery blood flow parameters in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P＜0.05);the levels of sex hormones were elevated in both groups,the levels of sex hormones in the observation group were obviously higher than those in the control group(P＜0.05).After treatment,the tumor-related indicators generally decreased,especially in the observation group receiving combination therapy,the levels of tumor-related indicators were significantly lower than those in the control group receiving simple surgical treatment(P＜0.05),indicating that the therapeutic effect of the observation group was better than that of the control group.After treatment,the ovarian reserve function of both groups were increased when compared with their preoperative values,and the ovarian reserve function of the observation group was higher than that of the control group(P＜0.05).Conclusion In treating OEC patients,ultrasound intervention combined with tripterygium can regulate the levels of sex hormones,reduce tumor marker levels,improve local uterine blood flow status,and protect ovarian reserve function.This therapy is worth promoting and applying in clinical practice.

Objective The reliability and validity of the SGGC-Net-based motion capture system(SGGC-Net system)and SIMI system for parsing walking gait were compared using a three-dimensional(3D)motion capture system(Vicon)with marker points as a reference standard.Methods Thirty healthy college students were recruited,and their gait characteristics while walking on a treadmill were analyzed.Kinematic data were collected using the Vicon system,and video data were collected synchronously using four cameras to obtain the right shoulder,elbow,hip,knee,and ankle joint angles.Reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients(ICCs)with 95％confidence intervals and standard error of measurement(SEM).Validity was assessed using multiple correlation coefficients(MCCs)and root mean square errors(RMSEs).Results The ICCs of the maximum and minimum 3D coordinate angles of the upper and lower limb joints of the SGGC-Net system ranged from 0.798-0.990 with an SEM of 0.04°-0.95°,and the ICCs of the SIMI system ranged from 0.650-0.967,with an SEM of 0.31°-1.24°.The ICCs of the SGGC-Net system were higher than those of the SIMI system for all joint angles except for the minimum hip and maximum knee angles.Compared to the joint angle curves derived from the SIMI system,the MCCs of the curves derived from the SGGC-Net system ranged from 0.945-0.996,with RMSEs of 1.44°-4.65°,and the multiple correlation coefficients of the SIMI system ranged from 0.815-0.986,with RMSEs of 2.56°-9.99°.The MCCs of the SGGC-Net system were greater than those of the SIMI system at all angles except for the ankle joint.The RMSEs of the SGGC-Net system were smaller than those of the SIMI system at all angles except for the ankle joints.Conclusions The SGGC-Net system has better reliability and validity than the SIMI system in most of the variables,and it has better repeatability and accuracy in analyzing walking gait.It can be applied to motion capture environments without marker points,such as technical analysis of athletes'movements and clinical gait analysis of special populations.

Research on the mechanisms of depression is currently a focus of the field of neuroscience.The degeneration of brain plasticity(e.g.,decrease in volume,structural degradation,and functional disorder of the hippocampus,PFC,and CG)leads to depression.Exercise is an important means of improving the symptoms of depression.Current research confirms the importance of improving the volume,structure,and function of the hippocampus,PFC,and CG,in this process,but related research has focused solely on changes to the volume of certain brain regions or connectivity functions.Thus,we lack a comprehensive understanding of the antidepressant mechanisms that improve brain plasticity with exercise.Therefore,this study aimed to explore the roles of brain plasticity in the occurrence of depression and improvements to depression through exercise,promoting a more comprehensive understanding the role of brain plasticity in depression.We also provide new ideas for exercise intervention in depression.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate th e effects of comprehensive drug cost control in China ，and to provide reference for further improving the effects of cost control. METHODS Entropy method was used to establish a comprehensive evaluation index system of the comprehensive drug cost control effect from the respective of drug price control ability ，drug cost control ability and patient affordability. The comprehensively evaluate the effects of drug cost control in 31 provinces （autonomous regions and municipalities）during 2016-2020. The k-means cluster method was used to analyze the effects of comprehensive drug cost control in various provinces. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS During the period of 2016-2020，the total score of comprehensive drug cost control effect of 31 provinces were 14.64，16.71，17.58，17.57，17.88，respectively. The results of cluster analysis were similar to the ranking of entropy method. Medical and health system reform policy had entered a stable period after achieving phased results ； the effects of comprehensive drug cost control was characterized by regional steps in 31 provinces；the effects of comprehensive drug cost control were better in developed coastal areas and some provinces and cities of western regions ，followed by provinces and cities in central China ；however，comprehensive drug cost control in 3 provinces of northeast China showed poor effect. The effects of comprehensive drug cost control in pilot cities of comprehensive medical reform were significantly improved. It is suggested that the successful experience of pilot cities of comprehensive medical reform should be promoted nationwide ，and policies such as volume-based drug procurement ，medical insurance drug price negotiation ，and diagnosis-related groups / diagnosis-intervention packet payment method reform should be further deepened.

Objective:To explore the clinical effects of partially de-epithelized local flaps in repairing tubercular chest wall defects.Methods:A retrospective observational study was conducted. From April 2010 to February 2021, twelve patients who met the inclusion criteria were admitted to the Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery of the Eighth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, including 9 males and 3 females with age of (42±18) years. The sizes of tubercular chest wall defects of patients were ranged from 4 cm×3 cm×2 cm to 16 cm×8 cm×5 cm, which were all repaired with partial de-epithelized local flaps. The widths of flaps were equal to the widths of the defects, and the lengths of flaps were 2 cm longer than those of the defects. In one patient, the local flap was too large to close the donor site directly by suturing, so an autologous back free medium thickness skin graft was used for repair. In other patients, the collection areas of local flaps were small, and the donor areas of flaps were directly closed. The duration of operation, intraoperative bleeding, and postoperative drainage volume and indwelling time of drainage tube were observed and recorded. In two weeks after operation, the survival, color, and texture of flaps, the presence of subcutaneous hydrops and skin ulcer, and donor site healing including wound disruption, local infection, hematoma were observed. Chest X-ray, CT scan, or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging was performed in one month after operation to check whether new local hydrops and bone destruction occurred in the chest wall defects and the concomitant tuberculose focus of patients. All patients were followed up for more than 6 months to record whether the surgical incisions of the chest wall defects of the patients were complicated by hypertrophic scar, redness, swelling, and sinus.Results:In surgery, the patient had (104±18) min of operation duration, (119±53) mL of intraoperative bleeding, (134±49) mL of cumulative drainage of drainage tube, and (5.3±1.7) days of drainage tube indwelling time. In two weeks after operation, all the grafted local flaps survived, and the color and texture of flaps were similar to the surrounding normal skin. One patient had fluid leakage from the incision of chest wall defect area with the incision partially dehisced, which healed well after a phase Ⅱ operation; no wound infection, subcutaneous hydrops, or wound rupture occurred in other patients. The incisions of donor sites in all the patients healed well and no wound disruption, local infection, or hematoma occurred. One month after operation, no new bone destruction was observed in the operative region by chest imaging examination. Patients were followed up for 6 to 96 months, with one patient having wound swelling, ulceration, and sinus in the operative area of the chest wall defect in 12 months after surgery, which healed after phase Ⅱ operation; the incisions of chest wall defect wounds in other patients healed well and had no scar, redness and swelling, or sinus.Conclusions:Partially de-epithelized local flap could be used in repairing tubercular chest wall defect wounds, with the advantages of flexible flap design, minimal donor site injury, and good postoperative wound healing.

Objective:To study the effect of sorafenib and prophylactic transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for prevention of postoperative relapse in patients with liver cancer combined with microvascular invasion (MVI) after using radical hepatectomy.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on 137 cases that underwent radical hepatectomy at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from August 2015 to January 2018. Clinical data of liver cancer patients with MVI were diagnosed by postoperative pathology. General data of the three groups were analyzed. Kaplan-Meier was used to calculate the tumor-free survival rate. COX proportional hazards-model was used to analyze the independent risk factors for postoperative recurrence of liver cancer with MVI recurrence. Counting data was compared by x 2 test between groups, and log-rank test was used to compare the tumor-free survival rates. Results:A, B, and C groups had 49, 36, and 52 cases, respectively. General clinicopathological data of the three groups were not statistically significant. The postoperative tumor-free survival rates at 1-, 2-, and 3-years were 71.4%, 51.0%, 38.8%, 86.1%, 75.0%, 66.7%, and 82.7%, 75.0%, and 59.6% respectively in A, B, and C groups. Multivariate Cox proportional-hazards regression model showed that patients' age ( HR = 0.622, P = 0.046), maximum tumor diameter ( HR = 1.661, P = 0.033), prophylactic TACE ( HR = 0.544, P = 0.019), and postoperative use of sorafenib ( HR = 0.419, 0.222, 0.791, P = 0.007) were independent risk factors for postoperative recurrence of liver cancer with MVI. Conclusion:Sorafenib or prophylactic TACE use can significantly reduce the recurrence rate within 3 years after radical surgery in patients with liver cancer who were confirmed to have MVI by postoperative pathology.

Objective:This study aimed to investigate the functional and aesthetical outcomes after index pollicization for severe congenital thumb hypoplasia.Methods:From June 2010 to November 2018, 26 patients (29 hands) with Manske modified Blauth type ⅢB-V thumb hypoplasia who were admitted to Department of Hand Surgery, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital were treated with index pollicization. Thumb abduction angles, Kapandji score, pinch forces, interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal ranges of motion were measured. The stability of carpometacarpal joint was checked. Goldfarb function score and Likert scale score were used to evaluate overall function of thumb. Whether new first metacarpal’s physeal closure presence was observed on X-ray film. Postoperative complications were recorded. The patients’guardian’s and follow-up doctor’s subjective satisfactions on thumb appearance and function were surveyed. The correlation between guardian’s satisfaction and objective indicators, the differences between guardian’s and doctor’s satisfactions, the difference between operation satisfaction before and after 3 years old were analyzed.Results:Among 26 patients(4 type ⅢB, 16 type Ⅳ, and 9 type V), there were 19 males and 7 females with an average age of 37 months (range: 15-89 months) during surgery, including 8 left hands, 15 right hands and 3 bilateral hands. The average follow-up was 42 months. Average thumb radial abduction was 46.2°, average palmar abduction was 34.1°, and average Kapandji score was 7.1. Average angle of interphalangeal joint extension was 3.4°, flexion 40.7°, metacarpophalangeal joint extension 4.1°, flexion 38.6°. The average pinching forces (key pinch, tip pinch and tripod pinch) were 0.5 kg, 0.8 kg and 1.2 kg respectively. All carpometacarpal joints were stable. The average Goldfarb score was 4. The average Likert scale was 22. All epiphyses were open. First web contracture and superficial skin necrosis were respectively observed in 1 and 6 cases. There was no correlation between the guardian’s satisfaction and the objective indicators. The guardian’s satisfaction on thumb appearance and function was significantly lower than that of doctors’. There was no significant difference in guardian’s and physician’s satisfaction between patients before and after 3 years old.Conclusions:Satisfactory functional outcomes can be obtained after index pollicization for patients with Manske modified Blauth ⅢB-V thumb hypoplasia, with weak strength of thumb opposition and flexion. The subjective satisfaction of doctors was higher and that of guardians was lower.

Objective:This study aimed to investigate the functional and aesthetical outcomes after index pollicization for severe congenital thumb hypoplasia.Methods:From June 2010 to November 2018, 26 patients (29 hands) with Manske modified Blauth type ⅢB-V thumb hypoplasia who were admitted to Department of Hand Surgery, Beijing Ji Shui Tan Hospital were treated with index pollicization. Thumb abduction angles, Kapandji score, pinch forces, interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal ranges of motion were measured. The stability of carpometacarpal joint was checked. Goldfarb function score and Likert scale score were used to evaluate overall function of thumb. Whether new first metacarpal’s physeal closure presence was observed on X-ray film. Postoperative complications were recorded. The patients’guardian’s and follow-up doctor’s subjective satisfactions on thumb appearance and function were surveyed. The correlation between guardian’s satisfaction and objective indicators, the differences between guardian’s and doctor’s satisfactions, the difference between operation satisfaction before and after 3 years old were analyzed.Results:Among 26 patients(4 type ⅢB, 16 type Ⅳ, and 9 type V), there were 19 males and 7 females with an average age of 37 months (range: 15-89 months) during surgery, including 8 left hands, 15 right hands and 3 bilateral hands. The average follow-up was 42 months. Average thumb radial abduction was 46.2°, average palmar abduction was 34.1°, and average Kapandji score was 7.1. Average angle of interphalangeal joint extension was 3.4°, flexion 40.7°, metacarpophalangeal joint extension 4.1°, flexion 38.6°. The average pinching forces (key pinch, tip pinch and tripod pinch) were 0.5 kg, 0.8 kg and 1.2 kg respectively. All carpometacarpal joints were stable. The average Goldfarb score was 4. The average Likert scale was 22. All epiphyses were open. First web contracture and superficial skin necrosis were respectively observed in 1 and 6 cases. There was no correlation between the guardian’s satisfaction and the objective indicators. The guardian’s satisfaction on thumb appearance and function was significantly lower than that of doctors’. There was no significant difference in guardian’s and physician’s satisfaction between patients before and after 3 years old.Conclusions:Satisfactory functional outcomes can be obtained after index pollicization for patients with Manske modified Blauth ⅢB-V thumb hypoplasia, with weak strength of thumb opposition and flexion. The subjective satisfaction of doctors was higher and that of guardians was lower.