Objective To study the relationship between executive function and glial cell line-de-rived neurotrophic factor(GDNF) in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD). Methods Totally 64 patients with OCD and 61 healthy controls were enrolled. The levels of serum GDNF were measured by en-zyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) was used to assess the ex-ecutive function of the subjects. Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scale ( Y-BOCS) was used to assess ob-sessive-compulsive symptoms. Results The patients with OCD(62. 67±8. 48)showed significantly poorer performance than healthy controls on the correct score of WCST(71. 16±7. 24)(P<0. 05),but the errors and non-persistent errors scores(52. 81±8. 39,31. 05±8. 46)were significantly higher than that in healthy con-trols (44. 79±7. 69,26. 57±7. 76)(P<0. 05). The level of serum GDNF in OCD group ((5. 64±1. 01) pg/ml)was significantly lower than that in control group ((6. 99±0. 94) pg/ml). There was a negative cor-relation between the number of non-persistent errors and the level of GDNF in OCD group( r=-0. 304,P=0. 015). The correct number and classification of WCST were negatively correlated with the scores of Y-BOCS(t=-0. 546,-0. 758,P<0. 05),the error of WCST were positively correlated to the scores of Y-BOCS(t=0. 616,P<0. 05). Conclusion These findings suggest that patients with OCD have executive dysfunction. The level of GDNF may be involved in the pathogenesis of OCD,which may be associated with the executive dysfunction in OCD patients.

Objective To investigate the antimicrobial resistance profile of the clinical isolates collected from selected hospitals across China. Methods Twenty-nine general hospitals and five children's hospitals were involved in this program. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was carried out according to a unified protocol using Kirby-Bauer method or automated systems. Results were interpreted according to CLSI 2017 breakpoints. Results A total of 190 610 clinical isolates were collected from January to December 2017, of which gram negative organisms accounted for 70.8％ (134 951/190 610) and gram positive cocci 29.2％ (55 649/190 610). The prevalence of methicillin-resistant strains was 35.3％ in S. aureus (MRSA) and 80.3％ in coagulase negative Staphylococcus (MRCNS) on average. MR strains showed much higher resistance rates to most of the other antimicrobial agents than MS strains. However, 91.6％ of MRSA strains were still susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, while 86.2％ of MRCNS strains were susceptible to rifampin. No staphylococcal strains were found resistant to vancomycin. E. faecalis strains showed much lower resistance rates to most of the drugs tested (except chloramphenicol) than E. faecium. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) was identified in both E. faecalis and E. faecium. The identified VRE strains were mainly vanA, vanB or vanM type based on phenotype or genotype. The proportion of PSSP or PRSP strains in the non-meningitis S.pneumoniae strains isolated from children decreased but the proportion of PISP strains increased when compared to the data of 2016. Enterobacteriaceae strains were still highly susceptible to carbapenems. Overall, less than 10％ of these strains (excluding Klebsiella spp.) were resistant to carbapenems. The prevalence of imipenem-resistant K. pneumoniae increased from 3.0％ in 2005 to 20.9％ in 2017, and meropenem-resistant K. pneumoniae increased from 2.9％ in 2005 to 24.0％ in 2017, more than 8-fold increase. About 66.7％ and 69.3％ of Acinetobacter (A. baumannii accounts for 91.5％) strains were resistant to imipenem and meropenem, respectively. Compared with the data of year 2016, P. aeruginosa strains showed decreasing resistance rate to carbapenems. Conclusions Bacterial resistance is still on the rise. It is necessary to strengthen hospital infection control and stewardship of antimicrobial agents. The communication between laboratorians and clinicians should be further improved in addition to surveillance of bacterial resistance.

objective To investigate the recurrence of stroke,clinical prognosis and vascular changes in patients with ischemic stroke due to middle cerebral artery stenosis. Methods The ischemic stroke patients with symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis were enrolled continuously and followed up prospectively for six months. The recurrence of ipsilateral stroke,clinical prognosis and dynamic changes of vessels were analyzed. Results Eighty patients were included,and 20.0% of the patients(16 cases)presented with recurrence of ipsilateral ischemic stroke and 56 cases (70.0%)with a good outcome(modified Rankin scale[mRS]≤1)during the 6 months follow-up;38.6% patients (27 cases) presented with significant vascular changes with progression in 12 cases (17.1%)and regression in 15 cases (21.4%). Conclusion The patients with simple symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis have an high rate recurrence of ipsilateral stroke but have good prognosis;Lesioned artery of the majority of patients in the short period after stroke was stable,but vascular stenosis in some patients could appear progression or remission.

ObjectiveTo investigate the control rate and influence factors of glycolated hemoglobin A1C(HbA1c) of type 2 diabetes in Baoding city community.MethodsA cluster-randomized study was conducted and three communities were selected randomly.The study involved all of people aged 45 years old and above in the three communities.The type 2 diabetic patients diagnosed before,were recorded through the cross section study.Then the questionnaire was finished.All diabetic plasma HbA1c was determined by HPLC method.ResultsEighty-seven patients with HbA1c≤7％ were only 18.6％ in all diabetic patients.As the plasma level of HbA1c increased,occurrences of macroangiopathy and microangiopathy were both increased,by the trend test.Logistic regression analysis showed that therapeutic measures and knowledge about diabetes were main influence factors of achieving the hemoglobin Alc target of ＜7％ in type 2 diabetes.ConclusionThere were low HbA1c control in diabetic patients of Baoding community,and knowing diabetes well and receiving insulin treatment might decrease HbA1c level apparently.

Objective To investigate the change of emotion and striatum dopamine transporter(DAT) expression in adult male rats experiencing maternal deprivation, and to explore whether DNA methylation is involved in the regulatory mechanism of DAT expression. Methods Newborn rats were randomly divided into 2 groups: a maternal separation group (n=16) and a control group (n=14). The maternal deprivation group were separated from their mother for 6 hours (09∶00-15∶00) per day from postnatal day 1 to 14, while the controls (n=14) without the deprivation. When the rats in the 2 groups were 12 week, their spontaneous anxiety levels and exploratory ability in novel environments were assessed by an elevated plus maze and an open field test. DAT mRNA expression in the striatum was detected by reverse transcription-PCR, and its DNA methylation level was measured by bisulfated DNA sequencing. Results Maternally-deprived rats showed lower ability of exploring in a new environment and lower levels of anxiety than the controls. The expression of DAT mRNA in the striatum of the maternal separation group (0.236±0.043) was significantly lower than that in the control group (0.480±0.107) (P＜0.05). However the DNA methylation level in the promoter region of DAT was not significantly different between the 2 groups. Conclusion Maternal deprivation influenced the emotion and expression of dopamine transporter in adult rats and DNA methylation may not be involved.

To investigate the reliability and feasibility of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test in cervical scraping smears with polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 131 cases of cervical scraping specimens were collected, and the positive rates and accuracy of HPV infection were determined in normal subjects and cervical cancer patients. GP5+/GP6+ and E7 primer pairs designed for detecting HPV L1 and HPV type 16 E7 were tested in this study. Our results showed that positive rates of HPV DNA in normal population and cervical cancer patients were 32.99 % and 73.53 % respectively and there was significant difference between them (P＜0. 001). In normal subjects, detection rates of HPV DNA with GP5+/GP6+ and E7 primer pairs were 27.84 % and 16.49 % respectively, with statistically significant difference between them (P＞0.05). However the detection rates in cervical cancer patients were 38.24 % and 67.65 % for the two markers, with a significant difference found between them (P＜0.05). It is concluded that HPV DNA test with PCR for cervical scraping smears was feasible. GP5+/GP6+ primer pairs may be a useful probe to screen HPV infection in normal population, but they are not sensitive enough in cervical cancer patients. It is suggested that high risk type HPV DNA test was very useful in population with high risk of cervical cancer.

The relationship of connexin43 (Cx43) and bystander effect in ovarian tumor cells in herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir (HSV-TK/GCV) gene therapy in vitro was explored and the effect of all-trans retinoic acid (RA) on the expression of Cx43 and bystander effect investigated. The Cx43 expression was detected by flowcytometry, Western blot, and immunofluorescence in two ovarian tumor cell lines OVCAR3, CaOV3 before and after RA treatment. Bystander effect was determined by the cells growth inhibitory rate with methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium. Following exposure to ganciclovir, there was much greater bystander killing in OVCAR3 than that in CaOV3 (P<0.05). The expression of Cx43 was detected in OVCAR3 by flowcytometry and Western blot, but it could not be detected in CaOV3. The expression of Cx43 in both cell lines could be induced by RA. Immunofluoresence staining showed that Cx43 protein of OVCAR3 was located on membrane surface, whereas CaOV3 in cytoplasm. RA could not change the location of Cx43 protein in both cell lines. There is relationship between Cx43 expression and HSV-TK/GCV bystander effect. HSV-TK/GCV bystander effect can be enhanced by RA in ovarian cancer.
Antiviral Agents ; pharmacology ; Bystander Effect ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Connexin 43 ; biosynthesis ; genetics ; Female ; Ganciclovir ; pharmacology ; Genes, Transgenic, Suicide ; Genetic Therapy ; Humans ; Ovarian Neoplasms ; metabolism ; therapy ; Pregnancy ; Simplexvirus ; genetics ; Thymidine Kinase ; genetics ; Tretinoin ; pharmacology