Objective To investigate the correlation between apathy and imaging markers in pa-tients with aCSVD.Methods A total of 143 patients diagnosed with aCSVD and hospitalized in the Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College,Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology from August 2023 to August 2024 were continu-ously included as the study objects.According to MAES,they were divided into an apathetic group(MAES score＞14,68 cases)and a non-apathetic group(MAES score ≤14,75 cases).The clinical data and imaging markers were compared between the two groups.Results The apathetic group had significantly older age and larger ratio of hypertension,but shorter years of education and lower MAES score than the non-apathetic group(P＜0.05,P＜0.01).The apathetic group also had notably higher Fazekas score of white matter hyperintensity(WMH),larger recent small sub-cortical infarct(RSSI),lacunar infarct(LI),and perivascular space(PVS)in the basal ganglia and the centrum semiovale,more obvious cerebral atrophy and cerebral microbleed(CMB),and high-er total imaging burden score when compared with the non-apathetic group(P＜0.01).In the aCSVD patients,the MAES score was positively correlated with WMH Fazekas score,RSSI,LI,basal ganglia PVS,centrum semiovale PVS,cerebral atrophy,CMB,and total imaging burden score(P＜0.01).WMH Fazekas score was an independent risk factor for apathy in the aCSVD patients(OR=2.218,95％CI:1.343-3.664,P=0.002).Conclusion The higher the score of ima-ging markers in patients with aCSVD,the more severe the apathy.

Objective To investigate the correlation between apathy and imaging markers in pa-tients with aCSVD.Methods A total of 143 patients diagnosed with aCSVD and hospitalized in the Department of Neurology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College,Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology from August 2023 to August 2024 were continu-ously included as the study objects.According to MAES,they were divided into an apathetic group(MAES score＞14,68 cases)and a non-apathetic group(MAES score ≤14,75 cases).The clinical data and imaging markers were compared between the two groups.Results The apathetic group had significantly older age and larger ratio of hypertension,but shorter years of education and lower MAES score than the non-apathetic group(P＜0.05,P＜0.01).The apathetic group also had notably higher Fazekas score of white matter hyperintensity(WMH),larger recent small sub-cortical infarct(RSSI),lacunar infarct(LI),and perivascular space(PVS)in the basal ganglia and the centrum semiovale,more obvious cerebral atrophy and cerebral microbleed(CMB),and high-er total imaging burden score when compared with the non-apathetic group(P＜0.01).In the aCSVD patients,the MAES score was positively correlated with WMH Fazekas score,RSSI,LI,basal ganglia PVS,centrum semiovale PVS,cerebral atrophy,CMB,and total imaging burden score(P＜0.01).WMH Fazekas score was an independent risk factor for apathy in the aCSVD patients(OR=2.218,95％CI:1.343-3.664,P=0.002).Conclusion The higher the score of ima-ging markers in patients with aCSVD,the more severe the apathy.

Objective To compare and analyze the differences between customized models and commercial universal models in the segmentation of organs-at-risk in cervical cancer,and to investigate the feasibility of customized models.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 270 cervical cancer patients.Senior clinicians manually delineated organs-at-risk,including the bladder,rectum,small intestine,pelvic bone marrow,femoral heads,and kidneys.The cases were randomly selected to develop customized models,with 202 cases allocated to the training set,38 cases to the test set,and 30 cases to the validation set.The universal and customized models were used for segmentation on the test set,and the automatic segmentation results obtained by the two models were compared with manual segmentation results to assess the performance of the customized model.Results Both customized model and universal model had comparable DSC values to manual segmentation,demonstrating satisfactory delineation outcomes(DSC values ranging from 0.7 to 0.9).However,in terms of deviation of centroid and 95％Hausdorff distance,the customized model surpassed the universal model.Conclusion Compared with the universal model,the customized model offers superior accuracy in delineating the structures of organs-at-risk in cervical cancer.As the customized model is optimized based on specific datasets,it provides precise support for clinical decision-making and holds promising applications in the treatment of cervical cancer.

OBJECTIVETo detect antisense-micro ribonucleic acid-21 oligonucleotide (AS-miR-21)'s inhibiting effect to tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

METHODSLiving image and TUNEL experiments were performed, based upon the xenograft animal models set up by introduction of Tca8113-luc cells which were stably transfected with pGL6 luciferase report gene plasmid into nude mice, while the tumors were injected with AS-miR-21.

RESULTSTca8113-luc cell line which steadily expressed luciferase activity was constructed by transfecting pGL6 report gene plasmid. The subcutaneous tumor formation rate was much higher in nude mice introduced with the cells, and the tumors grew well. After injection of AS-miR-21 into mice tumors, it was obviously viewed that tumors grew slower, the volume of the tumors was smaller, the photon number in live body imaging was getting less, the necrosis in the tumor specimens was rare, cell nuclei was getting smaller, dyeing color was lighter, heteromorphism and new vessels were decreased, micro ribonucleic acid-21 expression in tumor cells was considerably lower, and apoptotic index was increased.

CONCLUSIONAll the results indicate that the injection of AS-miR-21 can inhibit growth of tongue squamous cell carcinoma in nude mice model, and effectively promote cell apoptosis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Cell Line ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Oligonucleotides, Antisense ; Plasmids ; RNA ; Tongue Neoplasms ; Transfection

OBJECTIVETo detect the biological influence to human tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) cells of micro ribonucleic acid-21 (miR-21).

METHODSReferring to mature miR-21 sequence, the sense and antisense oligonucleotide (sense-miR-21 and AS-miR-21) modified by 2'O-Me were designed to transfect into TSCC cells (Tca8113 and high metastasis cells) by liposome transfection technology, in order to establish an in vitro TSCC cell model. The expression changes of miR-21 in the transfected cells were detected with real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR). The changes of cell proliferation, cell cycle, cell early apoptosis, cell migration and invasion capabilities were detected respectively by the technologies of methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT), flow cytometry, Annexin V cell early apoptosis assay, scratch assay and Transwell assay, to check AS-miR-21's effect on the biological characteristics of human TSCC cell lines.

RESULTSFor the TSCC cells, the antisense oligonucleotide of targeting miR-21 could effectively inhibit cell proliferation, promoted cell apoptosis, and inhibited the capability of cell's migration and invasion.

CONCLUSIONThe expressions of miR-21 decrease after AS-miR-21 transfected into TSCC cells, and miR-21 can affect biological behavior of TSCC cells.

Apoptosis ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Proliferation ; Humans ; MicroRNAs ; RNA ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Tongue Neoplasms ; Transfection