Objective To study the correlation of cognitive dysfunction with autonomic nerve function damage in patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Methods A total of 310 patients with CSVD admitted from June 2022 to June 2025 were included. Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale (MoCA) was applied for cognitive function assessment, and Scale for Outcomes in PD for Autonomic Symptoms (SCOPA-AUT) was used to evaluate autonomic nerve function damage. The incidence rate of autonomic nerve function damage, total score and dimensions scores of SCOPA-AUT were counted. According to the presence or absence of autonomic nerve function damage, the enrolled patients were categorized into damage group and non-damage group. The total score of MoCA and scores of dimensions were compared between both groups. Pearson correlation analysis model was utilized to analyze the correlation between total score of MoCA and scores of dimensions of SCOPA-AUT in patients with CSVD. Results Among the 310 patients, 63.87% cases (198 / 310) had autonomic nerve function damage. The SCOPA-AUT total score and scores of dimensions of gastrointestinal function, urinary system function, cardiovascular function, body temperature regulation, pupil movement and sexual function were (34.16 ± 10.41) points, (10.25 ± 3.31) points, (9.44 ± 2.89) points, (4.02 ± 1.66) points, (6.41 ± 2.35) points, (1.35 ± 0.49) points and (2.69 ± 0.81) points. The total score of MoCA and scores of language function, naming, delayed recall and attention in the damage group were lower than those in the non-damage group (P < 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis results revealed that the total score, urinary system score, cardiovascular function score and body temperature regulation score of SCOPA-AUT were negatively correlated with the total score of MoCA (r = -0.545, -0.598, -0.607, -0.615, P < 0.05), and the gastrointestinal function score, pupil movement score and sexual function score were not significantly associated with total score of MoCA (P > 0.05). Conclusion The risk of autonomic nerve function damage is high in patients with CSVD, and it involves multiple systems and is closely related to the cognitive function of patients.

Human Respiratory Stem Cells (RSCs) play a crucial role in the maintenance, repair and regeneration of the respiratory system. As a novel therapeutic method, stem cell therapy is a popular research direction in the medical field. And with the in-depth research on the mechanism of pneumonia caused by respiratory infections in recent years, the use of RSCs to explore pneumonia caused by respiratory infections and its therapeutic strategies has become a hot topic. In this paper, we firstly outlined the types of RSCs, summarized the mechanism of pneumonia caused by respiratory tract infections, discussed the advantages of RSCs application and the progress of culture differentiation, and elaborated the therapeutic exploration of RSCs in pneumonia caused by respiratory tract infections.

Objective:To analyze the risk factors for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in pediatric recipients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT).Methods:Clinical data of children who underwent first allo-HSCT were retrospectively analyzed from March 2017 to November 2024. A total of 259 pediatric allo-HSCT recipients were analyzed through comparing HCMV infection group (n=115) and Non-HCMV infection group (n=144). Clinical characteristics were compared, and risk factors for HCMV infection were analyzed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression.Results:The result of univariate analysis showed that adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), length of hospitalization, duration of antiviral therapy, and bacterial infection were significantly associated with HCMV infection in pediatric allo-HSCT recipients ( P<0.05). The result of multivariate analysis showed that ALD was an independent protective factor against HCMV infection of allo-HSCT recipients ( P<0.05) [OR=0.22, 95% CI: 0.06-0.86], while umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) was an independent risk factor for HCMV infection in allo-HSCT recipients ( P<0.05) [OR=6.13, 95% CI: 1.34-28.04]. When the area under the ROC curve (AUC) for predicting post-transplant relapse based on HCMV viral load was 0.75 (95% CI: 0.55-0.94, P=0.014) and at the cutoff value of 3×10 3 copies/ml, the sensitivity and specificity for predicting relapse were 81.13% and 66.67%, respectively. Conclusions:HCMV infection in pediatric allo-HSCT recipients may lead to longer hospitalization and increased risk of relapse.

Objective:To determine the epidemiological characteristics of human bocavirus (HBoV) in children with acute respiratory infections (ARI) in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, in 2024.Methods:Nasopharyngeal swab samples were collected from 269 children with ARI in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, in 2024. Seventeen respiratory pathogens were screened using quantitative fluorescence PCR. For HBoV-positive samples, the VP1/VP2 structural gene fragments of HBoV were amplified and sequenced for genetic evolutionary analysis.Results:Among the 269 nasopharyngeal swab samples from children with ARI, the overall detection rate of respiratory pathogens was 48.33% (103/269). The top three pathogens with the highest detection rates were: Influenza A virus (FluA): 10.04% (27/269), Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): 8.18% (22/269), Human bocavirus (HBoV): 7.43% (20/269). The age distribution of HBoV-infected children showed that the detection rate was highest in the 0-2 years age group (50%, 10/20), followed by the 3-5 years age group (25%, 5/20) and the over 6 years age group (25%, 5/20). However, there was no statistically significant difference in viral detection rates among the age groups. Genetic evolutionary analysis based on VP1/VP2 revealed that all 13 HBoV strains were of the HBoV-1 genotype.Conclusions:HBoV is one of the major pathogens causing ARI in children in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, in 2024, with HBoV-1 being the predominant genotype. Additionally, infants aged 0-2 years are the most susceptible population to HBoV infection.

Objective:To analyze the clinical characteristics and cytokines expression characteristics in infants with mild and severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection.Methods:From May 2023 to December 2023, plasma samples and clinical information were collected from 16 infants with RSV infection and 14 control infants. Cytek Aurora flow cytometry (Cytek, America) and Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to detect the expression levels of 25 cytokines after mild and severe RSV infection.Results:Cough and nasal obstruction were the main clinical manifestations in infants with mild RSV infection, accompanied by polypnea, wheezing and other symptoms. The main symptoms of severe RSV infection were cough and rales, accompanied by fever and polypnea. In comparison with the control group, the expression levels of IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-9, IL-13, IL-22, TNF-α, IFN-α, IFN-β, MIP-1β, I-TAC, ENA-78, GROα, Eotaxin, and MCP-1 in the RSV infection group all exhibited an upregulation trend. Both IP-10 and MIP-3α demonstrated a downward trend in the RSV infection group; however, there was no statistically significant difference ( P>0.05). The levels of IL-10, IFN-γ, MIP-1α, and IL-8 in the RSV infection group were significantly higher than those in the control group, whereas the levels of MIG, TARC, and RANTES in the RSV infection group were significantly lower than those in the control group ( P<0.05). The levels of IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-9, IL-10, IL-13, IL-22, IFN-β, IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-8, I-TAC, MIP-1β, Eotaxin, and MCP-1 in the mild RSV infection group were significantly higher than those in the severe RSV infection group ( P>0.05). Among these, the levels of MIG, RANTES, TARC, MIP-3α, and ENA-78 in the mild infection group were all lower than those in the severe infection group. The expressions of ENA-78 and MIP-1α in the severe infection group were significantly higher than those in the mild infection group and also higher than those in the control group. There was no significant difference in IP-10 and GROα between the mild and severe RSV infection groups ( P>0.05). Conclusions:The differences in clinical features and cytokines between infants with mild and severe RSV infection provide important data support for the prevention and treatment of RSV infection in infants.

Objective:To investigate the impact of different target sites, number of treatments, and age on setup errors in dual-isocenter radiotherapy for breast cancer, and to provide a basis for planning target volume (PTV) margin expansion.Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on data from 15 patients with left-sided breast cancer who underwent dual-isocenter breath-hold radiotherapy in the Department of Radiotherapy Oncology at the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University from May 2021 to May 2023. Setup errors were acquired using a Varian TrueBeam STX linear accelerator. Patients were grouped by target site (supraclavicular/chest wall), treatment phase (early/late), and age (younger/older). Non-parametric tests were used to analyze differences in setup errors in : vertical (Vrt), longitudinal (Lng), lateral (Lat) directions, and pitch, roll, and rotation (Rtn) angles. The formula proposed by van Herk was applied to calculate PTV margins.Results:The Vrt direction setup error in the supraclavicular region (0.2 cm) was smaller than that in the chest wall region (0.26 cm), but errors and margin expansions in other directions were larger ( P<0.05 for Lng and Lat directions). No significant correlation was observed in Vrt direction errors between the two sites ( P=0.062), while significant correlations were found in the other directions and angles (all P<0.05). As treatment progressed, setup errors increased in the Vrt and Rtn directions for the supraclavicular region, and in the Vrt, Lng, Lat directions and Rtn angle for the chest wall region. Among these, only the increase in Lat direction error for the chest wall region was statistically significant ( P=0.028). The PTV margins in the late phase group (except for the Lat direction of the supraclavicular region) were greater than or equal to those in the early phase group. Elderly patients had significantly larger setup errors than younger patients in Vrt, Lng, and Lat directions for the supraclavicular region, as well as in Vrt and Lat directions for the chest wall region (all P<0.05). Conclusions:In dual-isocenter radiotherapy for breast cancer, the supraclavicular region requires larger PTV margins than the chest wall region, and elderly patients require greater margins overall. Mid-course rescanning is recommended. If cone-beam CT guidance cannot be ensured for every session, expansion of PTV margins should be considered for the supraclavicular region and elderly patients to reduce the risk of geographic miss.

Objective To explore the protective effect of miR-374c-5p on hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)-induced apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVECs).Methods HUVECs were cultured in vitro and the harvested cells were divided into four groups:control group,H2O2 group,H2O2+miR-374c-5p mimics trans-fection group,and H2O2+miR-374c-5p inhibitor transfection group.Cell activity was assessed by CCK-8 prolifer-ation rate assay,apoptosis was detected by TUNEL staining microscopy.Expression of miR-374c-5p and Fas mRNA by RT-qPCR,and Fas protein in HUVECs by was detected by Western blot.Results Proliferation of HUVECs was significantly inhibited(P＜0.001);H2O2 was significantly increased as compared with the H2O2 in-tervention group(P＜0.001);Proliferation in H2O2+miR-374c-5p inhibitor transfection group was significantly increased as compared to H2O2 intervention group(P＜0.001).Conclusions miR-374c-5p protectes the HUVECs against apoptosis induced by H2O2.

Objective:Analyze the influencing factors of postoperative recurrence in patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix undergoing loop electrosurgical excision procedure,establish a no-mogram prediction model,and conduct internal and external validation.Methods:A total of 200 patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix collected from the 981st Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army from February 2018 to May 2021 were selected as the study subjects,serving as the modeling set.Based on whether patients relapsed within 2 years after treatment,they were divided into the relapse group(n=36)and the non-relapse group(n=164).A logistic regression risk model was used to analyze the influencing factors of postoperative recurrence in patients with high-grade squa-mous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix;internal data were employed to validate the clinical efficacy of the nomo-gram model.Following the principle that the validation set sample size should account for 30％of the total sample size,86 patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix treated at our hospital from June 2021 to June 2022 were collected as the validation set for external validation of the model.Results:Compared with the non-relapse group,the relapse group had a higher proportion of patients with persistent high-risk human papil-lomavirus(HR-HPV)infection,glandular involvement,multi-quadrant involvement,and positive margin status,showing statistically significant differences(P＜0.05).Logistic regression analysis revealed that persistent postop-erative HR-HPV infection,glandular involvement,multi-quadrant involvement,and margin status were independent influencing factors for postoperative recurrence in patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix(P＜0.05).Using these four factors as indicators,a nomogram model was constructed.The calibration curve analysis of the modeling set showed that the C-index of the predictive model for postoperative recurrence was 0.740(95％CI 0.655-0.825).Decision curve analysis demonstrated that when the risk threshold exceeded 0.08,the nomogram-based intervention provided greater clinical net benefit.The calibration curve analysis of the validation set showed that the C-index of the predictive model for postoperative recurrence was 0.788(95％CI 0.674-0.812).Decision curve analysis indicated that when the risk threshold exceeded 0.06,it could offer grea-ter clinical net benefit.ROC curve analysis revealed an AUC of 0.904(95％CI 0.795-1.000).The Hosmer-Leme-show goodness-of-fit test yielded x2=9.342,P=0.155(P＞0.05).Conclusions:The nomogram prediction model constructed based on postoperative HR-HPV persistent infection,glandular involvement,multi-quadrant involve-ment,and margin status of Broussonetia papyrifera demonstrates good predictive value for postoperative recur-rence in patients.

Objective To explore the pathological features of bronchiolar adenoma(BA)and its specific high-resolution computed tomography(HRCT)signs,and to differentiate BA from minimally invasive adenocarcinoma(MIA)using a non-invasive preoperative method.Methods A total of 80 patients with BA and 130 patients with MIA were retrospectively selected,and the clinical information and HRCT features were compared.All cases were divided into development set and test set at a 7︰3 ratio.Logistic regression analysis was used to screen the independent predictors of MIA and construct a model.Results There were significant differences in age,lobe distribution,density,vacuole sign,tumor-related vessels number(TVN),and distance to pleura(DTP)between BA and MIA patients(P<0.05).Age,density,TVN,DTP and long diameter were identified as independent predictors of MIA.A model was constructed,with area under the curve(AUC)of 0.887 and 0.884 in the development and test sets,respectively.Conclusion The model based on HRCT morphological features of BA and MIA demonstrates superior diagnostic performance compared to individual CT morphological features.

Objective:Analyze the influencing factors of postoperative recurrence in patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix undergoing loop electrosurgical excision procedure,establish a no-mogram prediction model,and conduct internal and external validation.Methods:A total of 200 patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix collected from the 981st Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army from February 2018 to May 2021 were selected as the study subjects,serving as the modeling set.Based on whether patients relapsed within 2 years after treatment,they were divided into the relapse group(n=36)and the non-relapse group(n=164).A logistic regression risk model was used to analyze the influencing factors of postoperative recurrence in patients with high-grade squa-mous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix;internal data were employed to validate the clinical efficacy of the nomo-gram model.Following the principle that the validation set sample size should account for 30％of the total sample size,86 patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix treated at our hospital from June 2021 to June 2022 were collected as the validation set for external validation of the model.Results:Compared with the non-relapse group,the relapse group had a higher proportion of patients with persistent high-risk human papil-lomavirus(HR-HPV)infection,glandular involvement,multi-quadrant involvement,and positive margin status,showing statistically significant differences(P＜0.05).Logistic regression analysis revealed that persistent postop-erative HR-HPV infection,glandular involvement,multi-quadrant involvement,and margin status were independent influencing factors for postoperative recurrence in patients with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions of the cervix(P＜0.05).Using these four factors as indicators,a nomogram model was constructed.The calibration curve analysis of the modeling set showed that the C-index of the predictive model for postoperative recurrence was 0.740(95％CI 0.655-0.825).Decision curve analysis demonstrated that when the risk threshold exceeded 0.08,the nomogram-based intervention provided greater clinical net benefit.The calibration curve analysis of the validation set showed that the C-index of the predictive model for postoperative recurrence was 0.788(95％CI 0.674-0.812).Decision curve analysis indicated that when the risk threshold exceeded 0.06,it could offer grea-ter clinical net benefit.ROC curve analysis revealed an AUC of 0.904(95％CI 0.795-1.000).The Hosmer-Leme-show goodness-of-fit test yielded x2=9.342,P=0.155(P＞0.05).Conclusions:The nomogram prediction model constructed based on postoperative HR-HPV persistent infection,glandular involvement,multi-quadrant involve-ment,and margin status of Broussonetia papyrifera demonstrates good predictive value for postoperative recur-rence in patients.